Honna Dam

Honna Dam
Location of Honna Dam in Japan
Official name 本名ダム
Country Japan
Location Kaneyama
Coordinates 37°26′28″N 139°29′35″E / 37.44111°N 139.49306°E / 37.44111; 139.49306Coordinates: 37°26′28″N 139°29′35″E / 37.44111°N 139.49306°E / 37.44111; 139.49306
Construction began 1952
Opening date 1954
Owner(s) Tohoku Electric Power
Dam and spillways
Impounds Tadami River
Height 51.5 m (169 ft)
Length 200 m (656 ft)
Dam volume 126,000 m3 (164,802 cu yd)
Spillway type 4 x roller gates
Reservoir
Total capacity 25,769,000 m3 (20,891 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity 13,472,000 m3 (10,922 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area 2,142 km2 (827 sq mi)
Surface area 179 km2 (69 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date August 1954
Hydraulic head 34.9 m (115 ft)
Turbines 3 x 26 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 78 MW

Honna Dam (本名ダム, Honna damu) is a gravity dam on the Tadami River in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.[1] It was constructed between 1952 and 1954 for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation. It supplies a 78 MW power station with water.[2]

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References

  1. http://damnet.or.jp/cgi-bin/binranA/enAll.cgi?db4=0488
  2. "Tohoku Electric Power Plant Honna" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 27 August 2011.


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