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Unusual gravity dam is of brick and stone masonry work using lime mixture called "Surkhi" as mortar and very little cement; it is 1800 m long and 94 m high at deepest section of river bed and it is world's largest of this type; spillway section is 700 m long; structure serves mainly irrigation purposes, but there are also two power plants with Kaplan and Francis turbines, producing 45,000 kw.
Unusual gravity dam is of brick and stone masonry work using lime mixture called "Surkhi" as mortar and very little cement; it is 1800 m long and 94 m high at deepest section of river bed and it is world's largest of this type; spillway section is 700 m long; structure serves mainly irrigation purposes, but there are also two power plants with Kaplan and Francis turbines, producing 45,000 kw.
Tungabhadra project in India
Das Tungabhadra-Projekt in Indien
Brenske, D. (author)
Bauingenieur ; 35
1960
5 pages
Article (Journal)
German
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