An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the
The Katse Dam, a 185 m high concrete arch dam in Lesotho
The Morrow Point Dam is a double-curvature arch dam.
The Idukki Dam in Kerala, India, is a double-curvature arch dam.
Shāh Abbās Arch near Kurit Dam – 14th century
Morrow Point Dam is a 468-foot-tall concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River located in Colorado, the first dam of its type built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Located in the upper Black Ca
Morrow Point Powerplant exterior
Morrow Point Powerplant interior