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The Gardiner Dam on the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan is the third largest embankment dam in Canada and one of the largest embankment dams in the world. Construction on Gardiner Dam and the smaller Qu'Appelle River Dam [ 1 ] was started in 1959 and completed in 1967, creating Lake Diefenbaker upstream and diverting a considerable ...
Milne Dam and Reservoir, Milne Park Conservation Area - Markham (Rouge River (Toronto)) McLeod Dam Green Energy Project ( Moira River (Belleville) ) Orangeville Reservoir, Orangeville, Ontario - 332 acres lake is at the headwaters of the Credit River and Nottawasaga River
The Mica Dam in Canada. Tataragi Dam in Asago, Hyōgo Pref., Japan. An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense, impervious core.
Oahe Dam [2] United States: 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER 6 Mangla 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 ...
Concrete gravity Canada: Columbia River: 1984 Thissavros Dam: 172 m (564 ft) Embankment, rock-fill Greece: Nestos: 1996 Hungry Horse Dam: 171.9 m (564 ft) Concrete arch-gravity United States: Flathead River: 1953 Cahora Bassa Dam: 171 m (561 ft) Concrete arch-gravity Mozambique: Zambezi River: 1974 Denis-Perron Dam [9] 171 m (561 ft) Embankment ...
Mactaquac Dam with the spillways open, April 2017. The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac, New Brunswick.It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines; this represents 20 percent of New Brunswick's power demand.
Gravity style diversion dams are built to counteract the force of the water pushing on the dam by building a dam with enough weight to withstand the force. Gravity dams are commonly constructed using masonry or cement. The foundations of the gravity dams are generally constructed on top of a solid bedrock foundation. However, gravity dams can ...
The Syncrude Tailings Dam, impounding the Mildred Lake Settling Basin (MLSB), is an embankment dam that is, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. [1] It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray , Alberta, Canada, at the northern end of the Mildred Lake lease area owned by Syncrude Canada Ltd .