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China's Longtan Dam complex, on the Hongshui River, will include the Longtan ship lift, which will be the tallest ship lift in the world.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Construction on the ship lift began in February, 2015.[8] The ship lift is of a two-tier design.[9][10]
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"Hongshui River in south China to be dammed in November". China Daily. 2003-10-26. Archived from the original on 2003-10-31. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
The project's planned installed capacity will total 5.4 million kw and the project will be able to generate 15.67 billion kwh of electricity a year.
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Ben Shaw (2003-11-06). "Building Longtan" (PDF). Potain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
Li Xuejiang, a manager with one of the technical departments for the contracting joint venture, explains the working process at the site: "This jobsite operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week – in common with most working job sites in China."
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"Guangxi Builds Huge Hydraulic Power Station". China through a lens. 2003-11-06. Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
The Longtan Power Station, the largest of the 10 hydraulic power works to be built on Hongshui River in the upper reach of Pearl River, will generate 18.7 billion kwh annually when construction works complete in December 2009.
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"Guangxi's Longtan Dam: Satisfying Guangdong's Thirst for Power". U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. August 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
The Longtan Dam will be a key element in the so-called 'Sending Western Energy to the East' effort, one of the four major infrastructure projects now underway in China's Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005)
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"Big Dam Project Meets Small Town: Longtan Dam's Impact on Tian'e Township". U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. August 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
The Chinese government is gambling that expenditure of public funds on huge projects such as the Longtan Dam will lead to sustainable economic development.
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"Progress at the Longton Dam and Hydropower Project". International Journal on Hydropower & Dams. 2004. pp. 84–85. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
Work is now beginning on the main dam at Longtan RCC dam in China, which currently sets world records in terms of RCC dam height, powerplant dimensions, and shiplift range.
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Saoirse Kerrigan (2018-07-01). "Top 21 Dams In the World That Generate the Highest Amount of Electricity". Interesting engineering. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
Its electricity generation isn't the only thing that sets it apart, though. Longtam Dam is also set to improve navigation and trade routes throughout China, thanks to the Longtam ship lift, which looks set to become the biggest ship lift in the world.
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Feng Lu (2015-02-16). "Longtan 500 ton ship lift starts construction". China Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19.
The new second level vertical ship lift will be able to elevate ships with a maximum weight of 500 tons. The new ship lift, with a total length of 1,800 meters and a maximum lifting height of 179 meters, will receive a total investment of 2.6 billion yuan ($415.7 million) and have a construction period of 72 months.
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"Longtan HPP". Zhongnam Engineering Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
A scheme of two-stage counterweight-type vertical ship lift with an open channel in the middle was adopted as the navigation structure for Longtan project.
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