Narude Dam

Narude Dam

Downstream face
Location of Narude Dam in Japan
Country Japan
Location Toyama/Gifu Prefecture
Coordinates 36°21′00.31″N 136°52′29.72″E / 36.3500861°N 136.8749222°E / 36.3500861; 136.8749222Coordinates: 36°21′00.31″N 136°52′29.72″E / 36.3500861°N 136.8749222°E / 36.3500861; 136.8749222
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1950
Opening date 1952
Owner(s) Kansai Electric Power Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity
Impounds Shō River
Height 53.2 m (175 ft)
Length 190 m (620 ft)
Dam volume 103,000 m3 (135,000 cu yd)
Spillway type Crest overflow, 8 tainter gates
Reservoir
Total capacity 9,709,000 m3 (7,871 acre·ft)
Active capacity 3,186,000 m3 (2,583 acre·ft)
Catchment area 762.3 km2 (294.3 sq mi)
Surface area .62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Normal elevation 391.6 m (1,285 ft)
Power station
Operator(s) Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Commission date Original: 27 November 1951
New: 20 March 1975
Hydraulic head Original: 53 m (174 ft)
New: 52.95 m (173.7 ft)
Turbines Original: 2 x 18.5 MW Francis-type
New: 1 x 60 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 97 MW

The Narude Dam is a gravity dam on the Shō River about 22 km (14 mi) south of Nanto on the border of Toyama and Gifu Prefectures, Japan. It was constructed between 1950 and 1952. The dam has an associated 97 MW hydroelectric power station which was built in two parts. The first part of the power station (37 MW) was commissioned in 1951 and the second part of the power station (60 MW) was commissioned in 1975. Of the nine dams on the Shō River it is the sixth furthest downstream.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Hydroelectric power plantarude, Shinsei out" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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