Project: McNary 1:25-scale Turbine Model
PI: Robert A. Davidson
Project Description/Activities/Capabilities:
Powerhouse operations, fish-passage design, hydraulic modeling, hydraulic structures
Sponsor: Walla Walla District.
CHL Personnel
Bob Davidson, Marshall Thomas, Danea Polk, Jason Jackson
Project Location and Description:
McNary dam is located at River Mile 292, above the mouth, and raises the normal water surface
about 85 feet. The dam is 7,365 ft long and rises approximately 183 ft above the streambed. It
consists of a concrete structure with an earthfill embankment at the Oregon (south) abutment.
The spillway is a concrete, gravity-type spillway dam. It is 1,310 feet long, and contains 22
vertical lift gates, each 50 ft by 51 ft. The crest is at elevation 291 mean sea level, which is
designed to pass a design flood of 2,200,000 cubic feet per second. Spillway bays 3 through 20
have deflectors that are 12.5 ft long and are located at el 256 ft msl. The stilling basin is a
horizontal apron-type with a double row of baffle blocks (10.5 ft high, 13.5 ft long, and 10 ft wide)
and an end sill (10.5 ft high). The stilling basin is 270 ft long with an invert elevation of 228 ft. The
McNary Powerhouse has 14 units of 70,000 kilowatts each, for a total capacity of 980,000
kilowatts. There are two fish ladders for migratory fish passage, one on each shore of the dam;
and a powerhouse fish collection system.
Facilities: Bldg. 3179
Related Topic Areas: Physical models, fish passage, juvenile bypass system, vertical barrier
screens, extended submerged bar screens, trashracks, debris, rivers, reservoirs, hydraulic
structures
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