General Information
| Completion: | 14th century |
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| Status: | out of service |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch dam |
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| Material: |
Masonry dam |
Location
| Location: |
Kurit, South Khorasan, Iran |
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| Coordinates: | 33° 26' 11.54" N 57° 14' 30.99" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 60 m (ca. 1850: 65 m) | |
| crest length | 29 m |
Materials
| dam structure |
masonry
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Chronology
| ca. 1850 | Dam height is increased by 5 m to 65 m. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Kurit Dam is a masonry arch dam located 34 km southeast of Tabas, Iran near the village of Kurit. The dam is an early arch dam constructed by the Mongolians around 1350 AD. The dam was originally 60m tall but 4m of height was added in 1850. The dam was constructed in a very narrow gorge and was the tallest in the world up until the early 20th century. The dam also contained a water outlet system considered sophisticated for its time. Currently, the dam does not impound a reservoir and a large segment of its lower downstream face has fallen off. Behind the dam, where the reservoir existed, is now full of silt with the exception of directly behind the upstream face which has been excavated.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Kurit Dam" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1992): Die Geschichte der Bauingenieurkunst. Ein Überblick von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit. Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland), pp. 372.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002660 - Published on:
19/01/2002 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
