Alicante Dam - Alicante Dam

Japanese: アリカンテ・ダム - ありかんてだむ
Alicante Dam - Alicante Dam

… Many dams were built in ancient Rome to take in water, and the Cornalvo Dam (17m high) in southern Spain is still in use today. Many dams were subsequently built around the world, including the Alicante Dam, built in Spain in 1594, which was 41m high and remained the tallest dam in the world for the next two centuries. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that modern design theories began to be incorporated into dams. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alicante Dam" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 古代ローマにおいても取水のためのダムが多数つくられたが,それらのうち,スペイン南部に残るコルナルボ・ダム(高さ17m)は今も使用されている。その後幾多のダムが世界各地に建造されたが,この間に1594年にスペインにつくられたアリカンテ・ダムは高さ41mで,その後2世紀の間世界一高いダムであった。 ダムに近代的な設計理論がとり入れられるようになるのは19世紀も後半になってからのことである。…

※「アリカンテ・ダム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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