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Kukuan Dam

Coordinates: 24°14′00.91″N 121°04′34.09″E / 24.2335861°N 121.0761361°E / 24.2335861; 121.0761361
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Kukuan Dam
Kukuan Dam is located in Taichung
Kukuan Dam
Location of Kukuan Dam in Taichung
Official name谷關水庫
LocationHeping, Taichung, Taiwan
Coordinates24°14′00.91″N 121°04′34.09″E / 24.2335861°N 121.0761361°E / 24.2335861; 121.0761361
PurposePower
Construction began1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Opening date1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsDajia River
Length149 meters
Reservoir
Total capacity13,200,000 m3
TypeConventional
Turbines4 X 45 MW
Installed capacity180 MW
Annual generation507 GWh

Kukuan Dam (traditional Chinese: 谷關水庫; simplified Chinese: 谷关水库; pinyin: Gǔguān Shuǐkù) is a concrete thin arch dam on the Dajia River in Heping District, Taichung, Taiwan. The dam serves for hydroelectric power generation and flood control, and is the third in a cascade of hydroelectric dams on the Dajia River, being located below the Techi and Qingshan dams and upstream from the Tienlun Dam. The dam supplies water to a power station consisting of four 45 megawatt (MW) turbines for a total capacity of 180 MW, generating 507 million kilowatt hours per year.[1]

The dam was built between 1957 and 1961 and stands 85.1 m (279 ft) high and 149 m (489 ft) long, holding up to 13,200,000 m3 (10,700 acre⋅ft) of water.[2]

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  1. ^ "大甲溪" (PDF) (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  2. ^ Reservoirs and Weirs in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Public Affairs. p. 327.