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Hatogaya Dam

Shirakawa, Japan

The Hatogaya Dam is a gravity dam on the Shō River about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1954 and 1956. The dam has an associated 43 MW hydroelectric power station which was commissioned in 1956. Of the nine dams on the Shō River it is the eighth furthest downstream.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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