Oahe Dam dam upstream is Garrison Dam, near Riverdale, North Dakota, and the next dam downstream is Big Bend Dam, near Fort Thompson, South Dakota. In September and October 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through what is now Lake Oahe while exploring the Missouri River. Oahe Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, and construction by the United States Army Corps of Engineers began in 1948. The world’s first rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) was invented in 1952 by James S. Robbins for the Oahe Dam project, which marked the beginning of machines replacing human tunnelers. The
Toston Dam Toston Dam Toston Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam located on the Missouri River in Broadwater County, Montana. The dam is long and high, and generates 10 megawatts of power. The dam is a "run-of-the-river" dam because it can generate electricity without needing to store additional water supplies behind the dam. The dam is named after the town of Toston, Montana, which is just away. A $1.12 million dam was originally proposed in 1935. This project never was built. A smaller dam, whose construction would cost $900,000, was proposed in 1938, and the Montana State Water Conservation Board sought Public