The Fort Randall Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 and plays a key role in the Pick-Sloan Plan for development of water resources in the Missouri River basin. The Corps of Engineers began construction of Fort Randall Dam in 1946, and it was the first Pick-Sloan dam completed by the Omaha District. President Dwight D. Eisenhower threw the switch that started the first power generating unit in 1954. When completed in 1956, Fort Randall Dam and the Lake Francis Case Project cost approximately $200 million.
The Fort Randall Dam is located in southeastern South Dakota within sight of its namesake Fort Randall at (NAD83 ) by Pickstown, South Dakota; 12 miles west of Wagner, South Dakota, on South Dakota Highway 46; or 25 miles northeast of Spencer, Nebraska, on U.S. Highway 281.
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