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The dam is an early arch dam and was the first arch dam constructed by the Mongolians, around 1300 AD. [2] It is the oldest surviving arch dam. [3] The dam is 26m tall and 55m wide and was constructed for irrigation water supply. [4] It was originally 24m tall but 2m of height was added in either the beginning or middle of the 17th century. [5]
Jawa is the site of the oldest proto-urban development in Jordan, dating from the late 4th millennium BC (Early Bronze Age). It is located in one of the driest areas of the Black Desert (Harrat al-Shamah) of Eastern Jordan. [1] Remains of dams have been found, the largest of which is a masonry gravity dam and the
Almansa Dam is a dam located in Albacete, on the Vega de Belén River. It is purported to be the world's oldest Masonry gravity dam still in use and the tenth-oldest dam still in existence. [ 1 ] Estimated to have been built in the 16th century by Muslim rulers of spain, [ 2 ] or in the 14th century, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] the dam sits 82 feet high, 295 ...
The dam is located in Tiruchirappalli district, [1] [2] 15 km from Tiruchirapalli and 45 km from Thanjavur. [3] [4] [5] It is the fourth oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structure in the world and the oldest in India that is still in use. [6] [7] Because of its spectacular architecture, it is one of the prime tourist spots in Tamil Nadu.
Current events; Random article ... The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, ... Pakistan (the largest earth-filled dam in the world and also the largest by ...
Oahe Dam [2] United States: 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER 6 Batha Dam Pakistan: 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER 7 Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 ...
The 1890 Ames Plant was among the first hydroelectric alternating current power plants. The first three-phase transmission was established in 1891 in Frankfurt , Germany (175 km); [ 5 ] the Tivoli to Rome transmission was completed in 1892; the alternating Westinghouse system was built for the 1893 Chicago World Exposition . [ 1 ]
The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The dam was built by the British at the former first cataract of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km (direct distance) south-southeast of Cairo. When initially constructed between 1899 and 1902, nothing of its scale had ...