Talk:Lake Volta

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I was wondering if anyone was thinking of adding a section about the lakes public health consequences.

[edit] When was the dam built?

Wikipedia's own page on the Akosombo Dam says, "It was built between 1961 and 1965." This page says, "The lake was formed in 1957 when the Akosombo Dam was built." Which is it? Egumtow 18:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1961-1964 is correct

Quote from http://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/zef-dp21-00.pdf "The Akosombo Dam is an impressive engineering feat. It was built by Impregilo for a contract price of 16 million British Pounds (Mackintosh, 1965b). Begun in 1961, the dam was closed in 1964. It was built in three and three quarters years instead of the estimated four and a half. It is a rockfill dam with an impervious core. The embankment is 119 m high and 640 m long. The total embankment volume is 7,962,000 m³. On the left hand side of the river there is a small sloping core, rockfill, saddle dam with a total embankment volume of 555,400 m³ (Mackintosh, 1965a). The concrete structures comprise a diversion tunnel, intake structure, spillway, and power plant. The initial generating capacity at Akosombo was 512 MW. As of 1982, with completion of the Kpong Dam downstream of Akosombo, the combined generating capacity of the two plants is 1,060 MW."

Mackintosh, IB (1965a) Volta River Project – Akosombo Dam, Part One -- Design. Water Power Vol.17, No. 5. pp. 175-181 Mackintosh, IB (1965b) Volta River Project – Akosombo Dam, Part Two -- Construction. Water Power Vol.17, No. 6. pp. 240-246.