- Talarn Dam
Talarn Dam is a massive
concrete gravity dam on theNoguera Pallaresa River, a tributary of theEbro River , north ofTremp nearLleida inCatalonia ,Spain . The dam is 206 meters long and 82 meters high and supplies ahydro-electric station with an output of 300,000 kW. [cite web
url=http://www.planetware.com/tremp/embalse-des-talarn-e-cat-embtal.htm
title=Embalse des Talarn
publisher=
accessdate=2007-02-01]Construction of the dam began in 1913, a huge undertaking needing ten million cubic feet of concrete. It was part of a larger project to build dams to store water in reservoirs to feed powerplants and to provide irrigation for farming. [cite web
url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7645
title=Pearson, Frederick Stark
publisher=Canadian Biography Online
accessdate=2007-02-01]ee also
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Gravity dam
*Arch dam
*Arch-gravity dam Notes
External links
* [http://geographyfieldwork.com/NationalWaterPlanCharacteristics.htm The National Hydrological Plan]
* [http://www.guiacampsa.com/bienvenidoalinfinito/gcampsa/ocioviajes/rutasturismo/rutas_imprimir.asp?id_ruta=267&id_guia=3&id_version=2 A vertiginous voyage in canoe through Noguera-Pallaresa’s River]
* [http://mediambient.gencat.net/aca/en//actuacions/embassaments/caracteristiques.jsp Technical characteristics and capacity - Inland basins]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/basics.html Dam Basics]
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