"ka" column or row of the kana syllabarycombine dam
A combined dam is a dam that consists of both a concrete dam and a fill dam. The concrete dam is usually installed on the hard bank and the fill dam on the loose bank....
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"ka" column or row of the kana syllabary
Dam in Kagawa Prefecture3048-Honenike Dam
Toyotoshi Pond Dam is an old-fashioned masonry dam completed in 1930 in Kagawa Prefecture. It is an unusual multiple-arch dam with a series of five arches. It is a wonderful and breathtakingly beautiful embankment. / multiple arch dam / 30.4m
alphabetSWL
SWL (Surcharge Water Level) → Surcharge water level
alphabetNWL
NWL (Normal Water Level) → Always full water level
alphabetlight-water reactor
LWL (Low Water Level) → Lowest water level
alphabetDWL
DWL (Design Water Level) → Design flood level
Dam NewsToday, the Onui Dam speaks!
October 16, 2011 (Sun) There will be an event today, October 16, 2011, at the Onui Dam, the largest arch dam in the Chugoku region, located in Hiroshima Prefecture. Students from the Faculty of Arts at Hiroshima City University planned this event in conjunction with the Tatsuhimeko Festival to be held on the same day, and will use screen projections on the downstream embankment of the Onui Dam...
Dam NewsGravity Complete Dam" is finally on sale! And an event will be held!
Sunday, September 18, 2011In July, we distributed the news that Denshi Kensetsu, produced by Masaya Toriguchi of Flavored Hall, was planning to release an album about dams, and that album will finally be released on September 21, 2011. The title of the album is "Music-Style Complete Dam," and Am...
"a" column or row of the kana syllabaryperforated dam
Anaaki Dam AKA: Flood control dam, flood control dam Anaaki Dam is a flood control dam that specializes in flood control only, and is so called because it has a gate with a permanent hole at the bottom of its embankment, which is equivalent to a permanent flood discharge. In addition, many hole...
Dam Newswith Dam☆Night '11 to be held on 10/31!
September 15, 2011 (Thursday) The Japan Society of Dam Engineering's public symposium "with Dam☆Night '11" will be held on October 31, 2011. This will be the second year for the symposium, following last year's well-received event. The word "symposium" may give a formal image, but this year's symposium is not only for dam experts...
Dam NewsMr. Miyajima, a "dam maniac," published a book on September 2!
August 24, 2011 (Wed.) - Saki Miyajima, a leading figure in the dam world (website "Dam Mania"), will publish a book from Ohmsha on September 2, 2011 (Fri.). The title of the book is "Dam Mania," the same as the name of the website he operates. The contents of the book are said to be mainly about "dam tours. Grav...
Shizuoka Prefecture Dam0000-Yokosawagawa Daiichi Weir
The weir is less than 15m in length, and without detailed data such as specifications, it would normally be an indigestible property, but this is a weir that is tasteful enough just to look at. We hope you will enjoy the real thing. / U15 (weir)
Shizuoka Prefecture Dam3596-Yokosawagawa River No.2 Dam/Yokosawagawa River Dam
The Yokosawagawa No. 2 Dam is owned by Chubu Electric Power Company and is dedicated to power generation. The water collected at this dam is sent to the Oigawa Power Station. It is very compact, with an embankment height of 18.5m. The top of the embankment is only 39.8m long. Moreover, it is an old-fashioned dam built before World War II. / Gravity Concrete Dam / 18.5m
Shizuoka Prefecture Dam3014-Ohtagawa Dam
The Ota River Dam is a gravity-fed concrete dam operated by Shizuoka Prefecture and was completed in 2008. I expected to see the pure white embankment, but it was a little too dark. I would like to revisit the dam again someday and report on it. / Gravity Concrete Dam / 70m
Dam in Aichi Prefecture1228-Kisogawa weir (Magai headworks)
Although the Kiso River weir is more conspicuous for its role as a bridge (it is often referred to as the Umakai Bridge), I have a renewed awareness that it plays a major role in providing a stable supply of water not only to western Aichi Prefecture, where I live, but also to Mie Prefecture. / weir / 4.2m
Dam NewsDumb Night 5" will be held on Aug. 14!
July 25, 2011 (Monday) - "Dam Night," an almost annual dam event, will be held on August 14 (Sunday) at Tokyo Culture Culture. The subtitle of this year's event is "Dam Design, How Did It Come to Be? This time, the subtitle is "Dam Design, Why did it happen?
Dam NewsDoboku Cafe "First Time Dam Mania" held on 25th.
On July 24 (Sun.) and 25 (Mon.), 2011, "Doboku Cafe: Hajimete no Da...
Dam NewsSeeking! Dam girl!
On Saturday, July 2, 2011, Denshikensetsu by Masaya Toriguchi of Flavored Hall plans to release an album about dams. The name of the album is "Ongaku Shiki Complete Dam. Moreover, an audition for the "dam girl" who will make her debut with this album is now being held. Furthermore, this audition is...
Dam NewsMagajo Dam open to the public
Every year, from June 1 to 7, events are held at water treatment plants and other facilities throughout Japan as part of "Waterworks Week." The Bagejo Water Treatment Plant in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, will open its water treatment plant and Bagejo Dam, which are not usually open to the public, to the public. This year, the event will be held on June 5.
Dam in Mie Prefecture1322-Yamamura Dam
The Yamamura Dam is an earth dam for industrial water use that also serves the purpose of preventing land subsidence due to pumping of groundwater. However, perhaps its greatest feature is that the Ise Bay Expressway runs right in front of it downstream. Without the expressway, it might have ended up as a mere earth dam. / Earth dam / 37m
