The Yangtze Three Gorges Dam Project Overview
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW).
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Three Gorges Dam Project On The Yangtze (China May 2017)
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Yangtze River Cruise at Yichang to see the mighty Three Gorges Dam Project. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW). In 2014 the dam generated 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) and had the world record
Three Gorges Dam, Yichang, China
Three Gorges Dam in Yichang China
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A tour of the Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam - China
The Three Gorges Dam is well worth a visit. It is located about 27 miles NW of Yichang. To travel there take a bus from Yichang main bus station.
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Three gorges Dam in YIchang China
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The three gorges dam, world's largest hydropower plant - Yichang in Yangtze river in Hubei, China
CHINA: FIRST STAGE OF THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT IS COMPLETE
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It's being called China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall.
The first stage is almost complete the giant Three Gorges Dam which will supply huge amounts of energy and displace more than a million.
On Saturday, the mighty Yangtze River will be diverted to allow the controversial construction project to continue.
Known through the ages as one of China's most scenic spots, the Yangtze River's Three Gorges has attracted tourists from all over the world.
But the Three Gorges are now synonymous with the world's largest engineering project.
Strongly supported by Prime Minister Li Peng, the dam will cost an estimated 25 (b) billion U-S dollars and displace over 1.2 (m) million people.
The dam will create a 600 square kilometre reservoir with the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. This plant will provide much-needed electricity to central and southern China.
Eighteen-thousand people are working around the clock on the dam. They have come from all over the country but mainly from Yichang county where the dam is being built.
All are conscious of the vital importance of the project.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
Hydroelectric power has developed rather quickly since the beginning of the reform period. If electrical power continues to develop, other areas of the economy will also be able to develop quickly.
SUPER CAPTION: Yang Haijiang, Construction worker
Another main goal of the dam is to put an end to the devastating flooding frequently caused by the uncontrolled rise of the Yangtze.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
The dam will supply electricity to faraway places and also prevent floods.
SUPER CAPTION: Li Dongying, construction worker
The Yangtze River basin has suffered from chronic flooding throughout Chinese history.
Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, was flooded in 1996. Three major floods this century have killed over 300-thousand people. The economic consequences have been enormous.
Chinese leaders have long dreamed of taming the Yangtze and saving the Chinese people from its wrath.
But, despite claims by the Chinese government that the project is completely safe and will fulfil all its goals, the dam has raised worldwide criticism from environmentalists, engineers and other professionals.
Environmentalists claim that the Yangtze River is too muddy and that the dam will cause an enormous build-up of silt. This build-up could cause floods that would threaten Chongqing, one of China's larger city.
Archaeologists are already mourning the disappearance of China's richest cultural heritage sites. Some temples, such as the Qu Yuan temple in Zigui, will be moved.
But many relics will disappear under water because of lack of funds to relocate them.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
As an archaeologist, if those relics were relocated or destroyed we will be very sorry for that.
SUPER CAPTION: LU Depei, China Archaeology Institute
The project will threaten rare animals including the Chinese Sturgeon which spawns in the Yangtze River. Efforts have been made to save some of these animals.
At the Chinese Sturgeon Park in Yichang City scientists inject the sturgeons with hormones to help them produce eggs and then release them into the river.
The only species of Chinese alligator which lives on the banks of the Yangtze is also a cause of concern for wildlife experts.
Tens of thousands of acres of farmland will also be inundated.
Farmers are being relocated to towns and many are afraid of unemployment.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
Once construction of the dam is completed, we won't have much land left for planting. Young people will take government assigned jobs and old people will have to rely on government handouts.
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Yangtze Cruise, Three Gorges Cruise, Three Gorges Dam Tour(1080p)
Usually, a Yangtze River cruise is taken after visiting the best cities in China, such as Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, etc. Because a relaxing Yangtze cruise is a great way to cure the tiredness you may have because of traveling all the way, and explore the stunning landscape along the river while enjoying the leisure onboard life.
China's Three Gorges High Dam
China's Three Gorges High Dam on the Yangtze River is the largest hydroelectric generating facility in the world. Visiting it was one of the highlights of our Yangtze River Cruise aboard the Victoria Empress. As we headed downstream we reached the High Dam on the evening of October 23th 2011 and passed through the lock around midnight.
Next morning we were on one of the first buses to the High Dam Visitor's Site. Despite the inclement weather, the views were great. Plus we had a guide who spoke reasonably good English.
Late morning we returned by bus to the Victoria Empress. There we had lunch and continued downstream toward the nearby port of Yichang. Along the way we got a last glimpse of one of the downsides of the dam. Many square miles had to be flooded. As previously noted (see Part 9 Cruising the Yangtze Gorges) an estimated 1-2 million people lost their homes. The government built multistory houses units to accommodate displaced persons. However, many remain empty because some people have chosen to crowd in the grown children or other family members.
In Yichang disembarked after fond goodbyes to the Victoria Empress and its gracious staff. After a few hours in Yichang we headed to the airport where that evening we boarded a flight to Beijing.
A D Guida Video Productions (our Travel Diva Hessie + a d (tony to you) himself) visited China and Tibet in October 2011. This video was recorded in 1080 HD, 16:9 aspect on October 24, 2011: Rights are reserved. Non-commercial downloads ok. Anything else might be fine with attribution. Questions, comments, ideas, contact us at tony@guidaproductions.com
This video is Part 10 of our China--And How! adventure. This video is Part 10 of our China--And How! adventure. To see more of our China or other videos and our playlists, go to youtube's search window and type in ADGuida and click on the thumbnail of tony lumbering into the sunset.
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China's Three Gorges High Dam is Part 10 of our China - And How adventure.
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Exploring the Yangtze River - Yichang & the Three Gorges Dam
In this video we arrive in the town of Yichang and start our cruise up the Yangtze River. The first stop on the 4 night cruise is the Three Gorges Dam.
We booked the cruise with Victoria Cruises using the website linked below. The train to Yichang was booked through the link below. Both websites are heartily recommended.
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Gorgeous gorges! Touring Lesser Three Gorges on Yangtze, China's longest river
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World's Largest Ship Elevator Opens at Three Gorges Dam in Central China
The world's largest ship elevator at the Three Gorges Dam opened in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, on Sunday, with a prospect to increase the shipping capacity past the dam by six million tons a year.
The elevator, the existing largest lifting structure on a navigation route with the highest technical difficulty of the world, features large engineering scope, high lifting height and large weight lifting operation.
The largest weight to be handled by the elevator is freighter of 3,000 DWT(deadweight ton) and the maximum vertical lifting height is 113 meters.
The main components of the structure are four 169-meter high reinforced concrete towers. The chamber, a self-support orthotropic plate structure that is 120 meters long and 18 meters wide, works as a gigantic basin.
Weighting around 15,500 tons, the elevator carries the ships upwards or downwards to pass the dam.
A special safety mechanism, or a brake pad, is fixed. Four short screw sections connected to the ship chamber work as rotary locking rods.
They rotary locking rods work continuously in an internal thread, or a nut post, that is fixed to the towers. If an accident occurs, this rotation is blocked and traction is achieved that supports the ship chamber independently.
The elevator will cut journey times for passenger, cruise and small cargo ships passing through the dam from over three hours to about 40 minutes.
Larger vessels still have to pass the dam by means of a two-lane, five-chamber lock chain like climbing stairs. Large vessels walk the stairs, small ones take the elevator to pass the Three Gorges Dam for some time to come.
The elevator marks the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River, which aims at producing electricity, increasing the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reducing the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space.
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Yangtze River Diverted - 1997 | Today In History | 8 Nov 17
On November 8, 1997, Chinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.
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50Fotos -- Yangtze River & Three Gorges Dam, China
50Fotos of a Yangtze River cruise from Yichang to Chongqing, China, including a stop at Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydo-electric dam, going through its locks, passage through the Three Gorges region, a side trip up the Daning River, and a visit to a relocation village in Fengdu. This was in April 2008 when the flood waters from the nearly completed dam were at 153 meters. A news item in late-Oct. 2010 stated that the waters are now at their full 175-meter height, submerging many of the structures in these pictures. The cruise was part of an Overseas Adventure Tours' China trip, and aboard Victoria Cruise's M.V. Katarina. The music is from Cui Wei (The Gorges) performed by the Peiyang Chorus and inspired by the songs of boatmen and boat trackers in the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze. Photos by Greg Knudsen. See the other 50Fotos slideshows.