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General Information

Other name(s): Gebel Aulia Dam
Beginning of works: 1933
Completion: 1937
Status: in use

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Location

Location: ,
Impounds:
  • White Nile
Coordinates: 15° 14' 17" N    32° 29' 17.99" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

crest length 4 395 m
lock chamber width 17 m
length 67 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Jebal Aulia Dam is a dam on the White Nile near Khartoum, Sudan. Its construction began 1933 and was completed in 1937. When completed it was the largest dam in the World.

The dam was built by Gibson and Pauling (Foreign) Ltd, which was a partnership between the British civil engineering company Pauling & Co. and the civil engineer John Watson Gibson.

In 2003 a hydroelectricity project with a 30-megawatt (40,000 hp) maximum capacity was completed on the dam. This increased the structure's strategic value, so it is now continually guarded by the Sudanese Army.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Jebel Aulia Dam" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20076467
  • Published on:
    01/01/2019
  • Last updated on:
    01/01/2019
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