Three Gorges Diversion Canal Damming Going Smoothly

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Three Gorges Diversion Canal Damming Going Smoothly

Construction workers are making steady progress in damming the diversion canal on the Three Gorges dam project, a crucial phase in building the giant project.

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Construction workers are making steady progress in damming the diversion canal on the Three Gorges dam project, a crucial phase in building the giant project.

By 6:00 p.m. on Friday, workers had nearly dammed the upstream cofferdam, leaving an opening about 75.1 meters, and the downstream one, an opening of 41.8 meters, according to sources from the construction side of the project, in central China's Hubei province.

The damming will be completed by Nov. 6, according to the ChinaYangtze Three Gorges Project Development Co.

Shipping has been banned from the man-made diversion channel built for ships during the second phase of construction of the Three Gorges project.

The canal, 3.5 km long, is located near Yichang in central China's Hubei province, where the world's largest hydropower project is being built.

Construction on the Three Gorges Project which began in 1993, is expected to be completed in 2009, when 26 power generating units with a combined capacity of 18.2 million kilowatts will go into operation. The permanent locks will accommodate ships of morethan 10,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage).

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