More Kariba Dam
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:18 am
This is one of the power generator chambers under construction. It was carved out of the solid bedrock, this one on the southern bank of the river. Rolleiflex f2.8 Planar, Kodak Tri-X 400 ASA and no, I don't remember what the aperture or exposure time was but I remember counting pineapples as I did not posess an exposure meter - confiscated by my father.
Kariba dam was constructed between 1956 and 1959. The site of the dam wall can be seen here top left corner, overwhelmed by floodwaters caused by heavy rains. This entire area would later become submerged under the rising waters of the new Lake Kariba.
It took five years to build Kariba dam wall. It was built by an Italian contractor, Impresit SA, who imported all of the required labour from Italy and who never used any local labour at all. The workers were housed in this village, built on the top of a hill overlooking the construction site. 86 workers lost their lives during the construction, 58 of whom are entoumbed in the concrete of the dam wall.
The power generator chamber at a later date, after the turbines have been installed. There are six generators of 111 megawatts (149,000 hp) capacity each for a total of 666 megawatts (893,000 hp).
Near completion.
More here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVdUivi
And here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Dam
Kariba dam was constructed between 1956 and 1959. The site of the dam wall can be seen here top left corner, overwhelmed by floodwaters caused by heavy rains. This entire area would later become submerged under the rising waters of the new Lake Kariba.
It took five years to build Kariba dam wall. It was built by an Italian contractor, Impresit SA, who imported all of the required labour from Italy and who never used any local labour at all. The workers were housed in this village, built on the top of a hill overlooking the construction site. 86 workers lost their lives during the construction, 58 of whom are entoumbed in the concrete of the dam wall.
The power generator chamber at a later date, after the turbines have been installed. There are six generators of 111 megawatts (149,000 hp) capacity each for a total of 666 megawatts (893,000 hp).
Near completion.
More here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVdUivi
And here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Dam