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]