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== Hydroelectric power == [[Hydroelectricity]] was not the primary goal of the project, but during [[World War II]] the demand for electricity in the region boomed. The [[Hanford Site|Hanford nuclear reservation]] was built just south of the project and aluminum smelting plants flocked to the Columbia Basin. A new power house was built at the Grand Coulee Dam, starting in the late sixties, that tripled the generating capacity. Part of the dam had to be blown up and re-built to make way for the new generators. Electricity is now transmitted to Canada and as far south as [[San Diego]].
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