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Ohashi Dam

The 309th tallest dam in the world

73.5 m · 241 ft

Ōhashi Dam is a dam built on the Yoshino River in Agawa District, Kōchi Prefecture of Japan. This concrete dam 73.5 m high. It is a hydroelectric dam of the Shikoku Electric Power Company. It supplies water to the company's hydroelectric plant, Ōhashi Power Station, which can produce up to 5,500 kW. It is the lower reservoir for a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant. The upper reservoir being Inamura Dam. Water flowing between these two can produce up to 615MW. It is a public works which The Japan Society of Civil Engineers has recommended as a site of Public Works Heritage.

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

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