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General Information

Name in local language: سد ﺳﻔﻴﺪ ﺭﻭﺩ (sad-e Sefid Roud)
Other name(s): Shahbanu Farah Dam; Manjil Dam
Beginning of works: 1956
Completion: 1962
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Gravity dam
Material: Concrete dam
Function / usage: Hydroelectric dam / plant

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 36° 45' 31.14" N    49° 23' 17.34" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 105 m
crest length 425 m
crest thickness 8 m

Materials

dam structure concrete

Chronology

June 1990

An earthquake of a magnitude of 7.3 (Richter) hits the area of the dam. The dam suffers extensive cracking in several locations in the area 18 m underneath the dam crest.

4 March 1991
— 4 July 1991

Dam is strengthened using rock anchors.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Sefidrud Dam (originally named Shahbanu Farah Dam and also known as the Manjil Dam) is a buttress dam on the Sefīd-Rūd in the Alborz mountain range, located near Manjil in Gilan Province, northern Iran.

It was constructed to store water for irrigation and produce hydroelectric power. The power station has an installed capacity of 87 MW. It is 106 m (348 ft) tall and forms a reservoir with a capacity of 1.82 km³ (1,475,498 acre⋅ft). Its structure contains 26 monoliths.

The Tarik Dam is located 35 km (22 mi) downstream and diverts releases from the Sefidrud Dam for irrigation.

The extremely destructive 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred near the dam and caused portions of its concrete to crack. Repairs and mitigation efforts were undertaken in 1991.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Sefidrud Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20004058
  • Published on:
    01/07/2002
  • Last updated on:
    03/01/2018
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