Alvito Dam
Appearance
Alvito Dam | |
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![]() Alvito Dam | |
Location | near Alvito Municipality, Beja District, Portugal |
Coordinates | 38°16′55″N 7°54′58″W / 38.282°N 7.916°W |
Construction began | 1973 |
Opening date | 1976 |
Owner(s) | Associação de Municípios de Cuba, Vidigueira e Alvito |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Odivelas River |
Height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
Length | 1,105 metres (3,625 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Active capacity | 2,285,000 m3 (1,852 acre⋅ft) |
The Alvito Dam is a large earthfill dam in Portugal. The dam was built by Construções A. Supico between 1973 and 1976.[1] It is in the Alvito Municipality within Beja District and impounds the Odivelas River.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gray, p. 188
- ^ "Alvito Dam". Structurae. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
Sources
[edit]- Gray, Tony (1987). The Road to Success: Alfred McAlpine 1935 - 1985. Rainbird Publishing.