Mianhuatan Dam
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The Mianhuatan Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tingjiang River
in Yongding County, Fujian Province, China
. The dam is 113 metres (371 ft) tall and composed of roller-compacted concrete
. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a power station with 4 x 150 MW generators for a combined capacity of 600 MW. Other purposes of the dam include flood control, navigation and irrigation.
Tingjiang river
The Ting River flows 300 km from Changting County in western Fujian south to the port and Special Economic Zone of Shantou, Guangdong.The former prefecture of Tingzhou fu or T'ingchow-fu was administered from a centre on the upper river, now the town of Tingzhou in Changting County; all these...
in Yongding County, Fujian Province, China
China
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. The dam is 113 metres (371 ft) tall and composed of roller-compacted concrete
Roller-compacted concrete
Roller-compacted concrete or rolled concrete is a special blend of concrete that has essentially the same ingredients as conventional concrete but in different ratios, and increasingly with partial substitution of fly ash for Portland cement. RCC is a mix of cement/fly ash, water, sand, aggregate...
. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a power station with 4 x 150 MW generators for a combined capacity of 600 MW. Other purposes of the dam include flood control, navigation and irrigation.