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Rapid OR

River Mill Dam

Clackamas - 5. River Mill Dam to Willamette River (OR)

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Gauge Conditions

Clackamas River at Estacada, OR Upstream Primary

Runnable: 800.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The River Mill Dam is located at USGS river mile 22.3 and is the most downstream of the series of dams that make up the Clackamas Hydroelectric Project. It has five Francis turbines with a combined maximum generation capacity of 25 MW. It was originally constructed in 1911.