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Coyote Dam

The 837th tallest dam in the world

42.7 m · 140 ft

Coyote Dam is a 140-foot (43 m) high, 980-foot (300 m) long, earth and rock dam in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located north of Gilroy. A Public Works Administration project, it began in 1934 and was finished in 1936 (1936). It impounds the 635-acre (257 ha) 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long Coyote Lake (also known as Coyote Reservoir). The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.

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