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A high capacity gravity concrete dam was built in 1937 and modified in 1994. The dam is 11.7 metres (38 ft) high, 106.4 metres (349 ft) long, and has a capacity of 13,800 m (18,000 cu yd). The dam and W.R. Beatty
Generating Station are near the mouth of the river at the
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