General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Gravity dam |
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Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant |
Material: |
Concrete dam |
Location
Location: |
Yichang, Hubei, China Sandouping, Hubei, China |
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Impounds: |
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Coordinates: | 30° 49' 23.94" N 111° 0' 13.21" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
height | 181 m | |
capacity for electric power generation | 18 200 000 kW |
Quantities
concrete volume | 26 430 000 m³ |
Cost
cost of construction | Renminbi Yuan 203 900 000 000 |
Materials
dam structure |
concrete
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Chronology
1993 — 1997 | Preparation of the site and diversion and damming of the river for the construction of the actual dam. |
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1998 — 2003 | Construction of the left-bank power plant and the permanent ship-lock. |
2004 — 2009 | Construction of the remainder of the dam. |
Relevant Web Sites
- BBC News: China dam fills to target (11.06.2003)
- BBC News: China dam switches on power (10.07.2003) (10.07.2003)
- BBC News: In Pictures: China's dam project
- BBC News: Three Gorges shares go on sale (03.11.2003)
- China Internet Information Center: Hydropower Units Sold for Three Gorges Dam (29.03.2004)
- PBS: Building Big - Three Gorges Dam
Relevant Publications
- Before the Deluge. The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges. Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 320. (2002):
- Drei-Schluchten-Projekt am Yangtse. In: Bautechnik, v. 74, n. 6 (June 1997), pp. 408-413. (1997):
- Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 100, n. 2 (February 2005), pp. 147.
- Erdbebenbemessung des Schiffshebewerks am Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm, China. In: Bauingenieur, v. 81, n. 4 (April 2006), pp. 171. (2006):
- Experimental and numerical seismic investigations of the Three Gorges dam. In: Engineering Structures, v. 27, n. 4 (March 2005), pp. 501-513. (2005):
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20001073 - Published on:
05/10/2000 - Last updated on:
17/05/2015