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New Cornelia Mine Tailings Dam

New Cornelia Mine Tailings Dam

In terms of sheer volume, the 7.4 billion cubic foot New Cornelia MineTailings Dam is the country's largest dam structure. But this dam isn't used for water—it's used for mining. Mine tailings (loose collections of crushed rock left over from the mining process) were dumped here before the mine was shut down in 1983.


 
 

Inguri Dam

Inguri Dam - 

 At 892 feet in height, the Inguri Dam is the world's tallest concrete arch dam. Completed in 1978, it was repaired in 1999 at a cost of 116 million euros.


 

 

Sand Dams In Kenya

Sand Dams


Since 1995, Kenya has constructed more than 500 sand dams, which are usually about 50 meters long and 2 to 4 meters high. Unlike larger dams, which usually are used for hydroelectric power, these smaller structures are designed to store water during the wet season so dry communities have a water reservoir when the rain stops. These dams, which store water buried in silt, do a better job than surface water dams of keeping water from evaporating and maintaining water quality.

 

Robert-Bourassa Dam

Robert-Bourassa Dam


Situated over Canada's La Grande River, the Robert-Bourassa dam reaches 140 meters below the surface, making it the world's largest underground plant. The dam's centerpiece is a unique "giant's staircase"—each step is the size of two football fields—that sweeps water downward.


 
 

 

Three Gorges Dam

Three Gorges Dam


China's Three Gorges Dam is not only the world's largest hydroelectric dam, it's also the world's single largest source of electricity.

 





Grand Coulee

Grand Coulee, Washington –Columbia River It is the largest in the United States. Nearly a mile long and 503 meters wide, its base area is large enough to hold all the pyramids of Giza. At 115 meters high, the dam is more than twice the height of Niagara Falls.!! wait there is more....
The dam also has a memorable role in folk music history—a governmental energy organization commissioned Woody Guthrie to write songs about the dam in the early 1940s, including "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" and "Grand Coulee Dam."



 

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