Kurobe Dam

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Kurobe Dam
Kurobe Dam
Kurobe Dam
Location: Honshū , Japan
Drain: Kurobe
Major cities nearby: Kurobe
Kurobe Dam (Japan)
Kurobe Dam
Coordinates 36 ° 33 ′ 30 ″  N , 137 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 36 ° 33 ′ 30 ″  N , 137 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1956-1963
Height above foundation level : 186 m
Building volume: 1.582 million m³
Crown length: 492 m
Power plant output: 335 MW
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) approx. 1470 m
Water surface 3.49 km²
Storage space 200 million m³
Catchment area 188.5 km²

The Kurobe Dam ( Jap. 黒部ダム , Kurobe-damu ) or Kuroyon Dam ( 黒四ダム Kuroyon-damu , short for Kurobe 4) is a dam near the same-named town Kurobe on as the eponymous river Kurobe (Kurobe-gawa) in the Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshu in Japan .

The arch dam , built from 1956 to 1963, is 186 meters high and is the highest dam in Japan. A hydroelectric power station generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO). The dam is also integrated into the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route through the Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus .

Nearly 200 construction workers were killed in the construction, which cost 51.3 billion yen . A film Kurobe no Taiyō ( 黒 部 の 太陽 , dt. Kurobe's sun ), with Yūjirō Ishihara in the lead role (brother of the governor of Tokyo Shintarō Ishihara ), tells the story of the project.

The narrow-gauge Kurobe Gorge Railway and the Kurobe Sen'yō network as well as the Kanden Tunnel O-Bus, which are still in operation today, were built as transport connections for the construction and operation of the dam and the power plants .

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