La Viña Dam | |
Name Official: | Antonio Medina Allende Dam |
Location Map: | Argentina |
Coordinates: | -31.8706°N -65.0351°W |
Country: | Argentina |
Location: | San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province |
Purpose: | Power, |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1938 |
Owner: | Empresa Provincial de Energia de Cordoba (EPEC) |
Dam Type: | Arch |
Dam Crosses: | Los Sauces River |
Dam Length: | 317.27m (1,040.91feet) |
Dam Height: | 106m (348feet) |
Dam Width Crest: | 4m (13feet) |
Dam Width Base: | 35m (115feet) |
Plant Commission: | 1959 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 8MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 16MW |
The La Viña Dam, officially known as the Antonio Medina Allende Dam, is an arch dam on the Los Sauces River in San Alberto Department of Córdoba Province, Argentina. Construction on the dam began in 1938 and it was completed in 1944. The 16MW power station was later connected to the grid on 28 February 1959. Aside from generating hydroelectric power, water stored by the dam is used to irrigate around 24000ha of farmland.[1] [2]