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{{Infobox dam
| name                 = Yale Dam
| image                = 
| image_caption        = 
| dam_crosses          = [[Lewis River (Washington)|Lewis River]]
| res_name             = [[Yale Lake]]
| location             = [[Clark County, Washington|Clark]] / [[Cowlitz County, Washington|Cowlitz]] counties, [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington, USA]]
| operator             = Pacificorp<ref name="npdp"/>
| dam_length           = {{convert|1500|ft|m|sigfig=3}}<ref name="npdp">[http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00148 Yale Dam], NPDP Dam Directory</ref>
| dam_height           = {{convert|323|ft|m}}<ref name="npdp"/>
| dam_width_base       = 
| construction_began   = 
| opening              = 1953<ref name="npdp"/>
| cost                 = 
| res_capacity_total   = {{convert|402000|acre.ft|km3|sigfig=3|lk=in}}<ref name="npdp"/>
| res_catchment        = {{convert|600|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}<ref name="npdp"/>
| res_surface          = 
| coordinates          = {{coord|45|57|51|N|122|19|57|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| extra                = 
}}
'''Yale  Dam''' is a 323-foot high earth-type [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] [[dam]] on the [[Lewis River (Washington)|Lewis River]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]],<ref>"Yale Dam - Recreation - LewisRiver.com." LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010. <http://lewisriver.com/yale.html></ref> owned by [[PacifiCorp]]. It is located on the border between [[Cowlitz County, Washington|Cowlitz County]] and [[Clark County, Washington|Clark County]]. Its reservoir is called [[Yale Lake]]. The dam's power plant generates 134 megawatts.

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[[Category:Dams completed in 1953]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1953]]
[[Category:Gifford Pinchot National Forest]]
[[Category:Dams on the Lewis River (Washington)]]
[[Category:1953 establishments in Washington (state)]]


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