Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, also known as the Dnipro Dam, is a hydroelectric power station in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Operated by Ukrhydroenergo, it is the fifth and largest station in the Dnieper reservoir cascade, a series of hydroelectric stations on the Dnieper river that supply power to the Donets–Kryvyi Rih industrial region. Its dam has a length of 800 metres (2,600 ft), a height of 61 metres (200 ft), and a flow rate of 38.7 metres (127 ft) per second.
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
The dam under construction in 1934
Colonel Cooper, on the left, the head of consultants and Alexander Vinter, The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station construction manager.
Milling of the Dneprostroi Dam generators at General Electric
Zaporizhzhia, until 1921 known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of 710,052.
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Image: Січ з висоти польоту
Image: Zaporizhzhya Muz Dram Teatr Magara Lenina 41 04 (YDS 6939)
Image: Zhovtneva square, Zaporizhzhia at night (Vladimir Yaitskiy, 2013)
