Ikawa Power Plant

…Completed in 1957 by Chubu Electric Power. It is 103.6m high, 243m long, and has a dam volume of 430,000 m3. The reservoir has a water-filled area of ​​4.22 km2, a total storage volume of 150 million m3, a usable storage volume of 125 million m3, and a maximum output of 62,000 kW at the downstream Ikawa Power Station. After World War II, large dams were built in large numbers, and with the development of new design and construction techniques, a hollow gravity dam, a first for Japan, was adopted to reduce the dam volume. …

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…中部電力によって1957年に完成。高さ103.6m，堤頂長243m，堤体積43万m3，貯水池の湛水（たんすい）面積は4.22km2で，総貯水量1億5000万m3，有効貯水量1億2500万m3，下流の井川発電所の最大出力6万2000kW。第2次世界大戦後大ダムが盛んに建設されるようになり，新しい設計施工技術の発達と相まって，日本では初めての形式である中空重力ダムを採用して堤体積の削減を図った。…

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