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Naruko Dam

The 167th tallest dam in the world

94.5 m · 310 ft

Naruko Dam (Naruko Damu) is a concrete gravity-arch dam on the Eaigawa River, a tributary of the Kitakami River system, located in the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1958 by Kajima Corporation, it is managed by the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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