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Kurobe Gorge

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Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
Kurobe Gorge
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Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture

The Kurobe Dam or Kuroyon Dam , is a variable-radius arch dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. At 186 metres in height, it is the tallest dam in Japan. It was constructed between 1956 and 1963 at a cost of ¥51.3 billion yen. The project was a difficult engineering feat for the rapidly growing post–World War II Japan, and claimed the lives of 171 people.
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