Shogawa Goguchi Dam Explained

Shogawa Goguchi Dam
Location Map:Japan
Coordinates:36.5752°N 136.9957°W
Country:Japan
Location:Shogawa, Toyama Prefecture
Purpose:Irrigation, flood control, power
Status:O
Construction Began:1934
Opening:1939
Dam Type:Gravity
Dam Height:18.5m (60.7feet)
Dam Length:103.3m (338.9feet)
Dam Volume:20000m2
Dam Crosses:Shō River
Res Capacity Total:626000m2
Res Capacity Active:405000m2
Res Catchment:1113km2
Res Surface:16ha
Plant Hydraulic Head:Stage I: 17.66m (57.94feet)
Stage II: 18.22m (59.78feet)
Plant Operator:Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Plant Commission:Stage I: 13 December 1939
Stage II: 24 March 1967
Plant Turbines:Stage I: 2 x 4.2 MW Kaplan-type
Stage II: 1 x 15 MW Kaplan-type
Plant Capacity:23.4 MW[1] [2]

The Shogawa Goguchi Dam is a gravity dam on the Shō River in Shogawa, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1934 and 1939. The dam has an associated 23.4 MW hydroelectric power station which was commissioned in two stages, December 1939 and March 1967. Of the nine dams on the Shō River it is the furthest downstream.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansai Electric Power Nakano power plant. Suiryoku. 15 July 2013. Japanese.
  2. Web site: Kansai Electric Power male god power plant. Suiryoku. 15 July 2013. Japanese.
  3. Web site: Shogawa dam abutment. Japan Dam Handbook. 15 July 2013. Japanese.