Photo Of The Week: The O’Sullivan Dam

The O’Sullivan Dam is one of the longest earth-fill dams in the entire United States and is responsible for keeping the water that forms the Potholes Reservoir within its boundaries before releasing it into the irrigation system for the lower Columbia Basin to make use of. Twitter This!

Photos of O’Sullivan Dam Added

We’ve just added some photos of O’Sullivan Dam to our NCW Dams gallery. O’Sullivan Dam was constructed in the late 1940s as part of the Columbia Basin Project and holds back the waters of the Potholes Reservoir. The reservoir is not only an essential part of irrigation in Eastern Washington, it is also a great [...]