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5 - Silt and Hydroelectricity

from Part III - A Huge Setback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2024

Xiangli Ding
Affiliation:
Rhode Island School of Design
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Chapter 5 describes the planning, design, and construction of the Sanmenxia Hydropower Project in the 1950s and the early 1960s. Building on David Pietz’s analysis of the Soviet influence on the general plan for the Yellow River, this chapter examines the negotiations that took place between Soviet experts, their Chinese counterparts, and local stakeholders during the process of designing the Sanmenxia Dam. While the Communist Party proclaimed in 1957 that the primary purpose of the project was flood control, it is clear from the sources examined in this chapter that the generation of hydroelectricity was the principal element of the dam’s design.

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Hydropower Nation
Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China
, pp. 149 - 176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Silt and Hydroelectricity
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.009
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  • Silt and Hydroelectricity
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.009
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  • Silt and Hydroelectricity
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.009
Available formats
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