Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses. The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase energy production, makes Grand Coulee the largest power station in the United States by nameplate-capacity at 6,809 MW. However, in terms of yearly power production, Grand Coulee places fifth after a number of nuclear facilities to the south, like Palo Verde west of Phoenix, as the river flow varies throughout
Grand River Collegiate Institute Grand River Collegiate Institute Grand River Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario. The school is located at 175 Indian Road. It is part of the Waterloo Region District School Board. Grand River's principal is currently Jim Woolley. Grand River's sports teams are known as the Renegades (commonly shortened to the "Rens"). As the fifth collegiate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Grand River Collegiate (GRCI) was built on Indian Road near the Grand River on Kitchener's east end. "Grand River" was chosen in favour of other names like Parkwood, Sand Hills, as the name for the new school. GRCI officially