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Three Gorges Project Under Swift Construction
More than 10,000 Chinese workers are busy pouring concrete, installing metallic structures and generating units at the construction site of the Three Gorges Project, China's largest water conservancy project, situated on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
The Three Gorges Project consists of a 1,983 meter long by 185 meter tall dam and 26 generating units with a combined capacity of 18.2 million kilowatts.
Upon completion in 2009, the project will be able to generate 84.7 billion kilowatts of electricity annually. Its permanent locks will allow a fleet of more than 10,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage) to pass.
An official with the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation said the total volume of concrete poured will reach 4.1 million cubic meters this year.
He went on to say that the upstream front of the dam must be poured with concrete to a height of 140 meters above sea level this year, while pouring concrete with the permanent ship lock must be finished within this year.
Workers are also expected to install 68,500 tons of metallic structures, and the installation of metallic structures with the holes at the bottom of the water diversion channel, and of electro-mechanical equipment should be completed, said the official, adding installation of generators will also start this year.
In accordance with a construction schedule, workers will pour 7. 62 million cubic meters of concrete from 2001 to 2003, and pour liquid mortar to fill junctures on the dam with the volume totaling 30,000 cubic meters, as well as grout the dam curtain with the volume reaching 80,000 meters.
Workers will also have to install 170,000 tons of metallic structures and another 57,000 tons of electro-mechanical equipment in the three years to come.
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