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Page 81
... Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase I Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 2 Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 3 Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 4 Construction of Cabora Irene , 7 km from Pretoria : Stage 1 - 1975 · · 800 MW ...
... Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase I Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 2 Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 3 Construction of Cabora Bassa - Phase 4 Construction of Cabora Irene , 7 km from Pretoria : Stage 1 - 1975 · · 800 MW ...
Page 160
... construction period on 10th March 1969 and 30th October 1969 thus enabling the main concrete production phase of the project to proceed without any major delays . Closure of the temporary openings by a system of grilles , stop logs and ...
... construction period on 10th March 1969 and 30th October 1969 thus enabling the main concrete production phase of the project to proceed without any major delays . Closure of the temporary openings by a system of grilles , stop logs and ...
Page 231
... Construction Ltd 137 Boving & Co Ltd 98 Boyles Bros. Drilling Co of USA 168 British General Electric Co of Central Africa 99 British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd 98 Brown , Boveri & Cie Aktiengesellschaft 86 , 98 , 100 Bulawayo ...
... Construction Ltd 137 Boving & Co Ltd 98 Boyles Bros. Drilling Co of USA 168 British General Electric Co of Central Africa 99 British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd 98 Brown , Boveri & Cie Aktiengesellschaft 86 , 98 , 100 Bulawayo ...
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agricultural arch bank basin Botswana Cabora Bassa canal Catchment area cofferdam concrete construction CONSULTING ENGINEERS content of dam crib cubic metres cumecs diameter DIMENSIONS discharge downstream DRAINAGE REGIONS Electricity embankment energy ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Escom excavation FILTER flood flow FSL RL full supply level gorge grout hectares Height above lowest Hendrik Verwoerd Hendrik Verwoerd Dam HFL RL hydro hydro-electric intake irrigation Kafue Kariba kilometres km² Komati Kunene River Lake Lake Kariba Length of crest LESOTHO Lusaka m³/s main dam Malawi Maximum ment million m³ Moçambique Orange River outlet penstocks pipes potential power station pump station radial gates rainfall REPUBLIC OF SOUTH reservoir Rhodesia rock rockfill scheme SHAFT Shire sluices South Africa South West Africa Southern Africa spillway stage Sterkfontein storage capacity Swaziland tailrace Tugela tunnel turbine underground upstream Vaal Dam Vaal River valves wall Water Affairs weir Windhoek Zambezi Zambia