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Dickinson Dam

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The Dickinson Dam is a part of a reclamation plan for the Missouri River valley. It is located southwest of the city of Dickinson, North Dakota, and impounds Edward Arthur Patterson Lake. The dam is a unit of an irrigation and flood-control project within the Missouri River basin. The Heart River flows past Dickinson and joins the Missouri River, and both the Dickinson Dam and the Heart Butte Dam are associated with this project.12

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