Three Gorges Dam

The upstream face. This isn't quite the world's largest dam (there are many possible characterizations -- height, reservoir volume etc) by physical size, but it generates the most electricity. I can't remember the exact number, but it was in the neighbourhood of billions of megawatts per year or something like that.

Yichang (29 Jun-1 Jul 15)

June 30th 2015
After I decided against a multi-day tourist cruise along the Yangtze, I took the 4h high speed rail ride to the mid-sized (by Chinese standards) city of Yichang, which is the gateway to a visit to the controversial Three Gorges Dam. This was something that I'd read and heard about before, and piqued by the massive engineering feat, I told myself it was something I wanted to see as I made my way f ... read more

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