Garrison Dam Tribes. Construction on the $300-million dam project began in 1947, and its embankment was enclosed in April 1953. The dam was dedicated by President Eisenhower two months later. The Corps of Engineers completed earthwork in the fall of 1954. Garrison Dam is one of six Missouri River Main stem dams operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The dam upstream of Garrison Dam is Fort Peck Dam (near Fort Peck, Montana). The dams downstream of Garrison Dam are: Oahe Dam (near Pierre, South Dakota), Big Bend Dam (near Fort Thompson, South Dakota), Fort Randall Dam (near Pickstown,
Perunchani Dam of the reservoir. The dam is located about from Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters-town of Kanyakumari District, and about from the town of Kulasekharam. The average annual rainfall in the catchment is , and the average annual yield at the dam site is . The dam was constructed between 1948–1953 by the then State of Travancore-Cochin. The height of the straight gravity masonry dam above the deepest foundation is , with Full Reservoir Level (FRL) at , which is also the Maximum Water Level (MWL). The dam is long. The gross storage capacity of the reservoir is at the FRL, which