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[Local Landmark] Volkovskaya Dam, Russia

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Volkovskaya Dam

FACTS

Location: Iset River, Kamensk-Uralsky, Russia (Google Maps)

Material : Concrete

Measurements: Height from bottom to the top 25 m, width 160 m

Year: 1935-1939

HISTORY

For the Ural Aluminum Plant operation a lot of water was needed so the construction of the dam on the Iset River near the Volkovo village was started the May 13, 1935. Design organization was Leningrad branch of "Hydroelectroprojekt" nowadays "Hydroproject".

The concrete dam construction is based on porphyritic rock, height difference 17 m. Dam has eight adjustable spillways and a highway bridge with a pedestrian sidewalk. Buildings on top of the dam are decorated with flat pilasters and profiled cornices.

In 1939 Volkovskaya Dam was commissioned and became the first concrete dam in the Urals. The length of the resulting reservoir - 20 km, width - 2.5 km, the volume of water - 21 million cubic meters.

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Volkovskaya Dam by Dmitriy and Anna, on Flickr

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Volkovskaya Dam by Dmitriy and Anna, on Flickr

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Volkovskaya Dam by Dmitriy and Anna, on Flickr

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Edited by viracocha

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I like it. It's probably the first model of dam I've ever seen built out of LEGO.

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