World's Most Powerful Dam
Impossible Engineering · Season 2 · Episode 4
China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest and heaviest concrete structure on earth, and it produces more power than any hydroelectric dam ever built. Discover how engineers reshaped a river to accomplish this incredible engineering feat.
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Season
2
Episode
4
Air Date
06/Apr/2016
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
42 min
Overview
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China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest and heaviest concrete structure on earth, and it produces more power than any hydroelectric dam ever built. Discover how engineers reshaped a river to accomplish this incredible engineering feat.
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