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The Itaipu Dam was built, from 1975 to 1991, in a bi-national development on the Paraná River, by Brazil and Paraguay. It is said that to build the Dam the laborers re-enacted the labors of Hercules by shifting the course of the seventh biggest river in the world - the Parana River, at the Brazil-Paraguay border - removing more than 50 million tons of earth and rock. The true marvel of Itaipu, though, is its powerhouse - a single building, with 18 units churning out 12,600 megawatts, that makes it 75 million megawatts per year.
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The magnitude of the project can also be demonstrated by the fact that in 1995 Itaipu alone responded for 25% of the energy supply in Brazil and 78% in Paraguay. The power plant is also a major tourism attraction in the Foz do Iguacu area, having received around 9 million visitors from 162 countries. The Brazilian city of Foz do Iguacu, also home of the famous Iguacu Falls, is located at the Western tip of Parana State, right by the border with Paraguay and Argentina.
The Itaipu Dam has its hydroelectric power plant 14 kms north of the International Bridge linking the cities of Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. It consists of a series of various types of dams. The Itaipu hydroelectric power plant is the largest development of its kind operating in the world. The volume of concrete used in Itaipu is reported to be 15 times the volume used to build the Channel Tunnel. The Powerhouse is located at the toe of the main Dam, most of it on the river bed and the rest on the Diversion Channel. The Spillway is located on the right bank, and it has 14 segmented sluice-gates with a total discharge rate of 62,200 cubic meters per second which is twice that of the highest flood- level on record.
Allwondersoftheworld.com will give you a more comprehensive idea and more amazing information about the Itaipu Dam.
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