Fort Peck Dam Adventure into Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program (Montana)

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Fort Peck Dam was constructed on the upper Missouri River between 1933 and 1940. It is the largest hydraulically filled dam and creates the 5th largest man-made reservoir in the United States. The dam measures approximately 4 miles in length with a maximum height of 250 feet. The lake, which lies within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, is 134 miles long, has 1520 miles of shoreline, and has a maximum depth of 220 feet.

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