Nurek Dam (Nurak)

Tajikistan / Khatlon / Nurak
 hydroelectric power station/plant, 1972_construction
The Nurek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3015 MW. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and the power station's first generator was commissioned in 1972. The last generator was commissioned in 1979 and the entire project was completed in 1980 when Tajikistan was still a republic within the Soviet Union, becoming the tallest dam in the world at the time. At 300 m (984 ft), it is currently the second tallest man-made dam in the world, after being surpassed by Jinping-I Dam in 2013.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurek_Dam
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Coordinates:   38°22'40"N   69°21'4"E

Comments

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_tallest_dams. If there is higher dam built, pls make sure this tags is edited.
  • It is an impressive facility. I visited it a few years ago
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