Masonry dam
Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry — mainly stone and brick, sometimes joined with mortar.[1] They are either the gravity or the arch-gravity type. One of the largest masonry dam in Asia is Nagarjunasagar Dam in India.[2]
Visual examples
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The original Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona
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The Artouste Dam in France
See also
References
- ↑ "Masonry Dam". EcologyDictionary.org. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ "Nagarjuna Sagar Dam". Guntur District National Informatics Centre. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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