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Barrett Dam

The 674th tallest dam in the world

49.1 m · 161 ft

Barrett Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in southern San Diego County, California, United States, forming Barrett Lake on Cottonwood Creek. The dam is part of the city of San Diego's local water supply system.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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