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Vidraru Dam is a located in Romania and was built in 1965 on the Arges River.

It is an arch dam built on a rock foundation, with the purpose to produce hydroelectricity. Its construction has also created a reservoir, Lake Vidraru. The dam height is 166 meters, arch length 305 meters, water accumulation volume 465 million cubic meters, having a total length of 28km.

Dam's construction lasted for 5 years and a half. It required 42km of subterranean tunnels, excavation of 1.768.000 cubic meters of hard rocks, out of which approximately 1 million had to be extracted from the undergrounds, 930.000 cubic meters of concrete, out of which 400.000 cubic meters underground and required the installation of 6.300 tons of electro mechanic equipment.

At the completion date, it ranked 5th in Europe and 9th in the world. In a medium hydrological year it can generate an approximate of 400 GWh/year.

The normal level of retention of the Vidraru Lake is of 839 meters above the sea, the lake having at this size, a surface of 870.

 
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