The Farkhad Dam () (also known as Dam-16) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Spitamen in

Sughd Province Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the northw ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya Cascade. The dam is located on the territory of Tajikistan and controlled by Tajikistan, while the Farkhad hydropower station, operated by Uzbekenergo.

History

Construction of the Farkhad Dam was initiated in 1942 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Its architect was Joseph Karakis and it was constructed by ''Farhadstroy''. Construction works were mainly carried out by German and Japanese war prisoners. On 18 February 1948, the first generating unit was commissioned and construction was completed in 1949. In 1959, power stations two hydraulic units were upgraded. In 1933, the dam's and reservoir's territory was rented by Tajik SSR to Uzbek SSR for 40 years. However, it remained under Uzbek control until 2002 when Tajikistan took control over this as a result of а military operation.

Description

The hydroelectric power station is a complex of structures located within . The length of spillway concrete dam is and the length of earth-filled dam is . The maximum height of dams is . The installed capacity of the power station is 126 MW and its average annual generation is 830 GWh. It consists of four

Kaplan turbine The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades. It was developed in 1913 by Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan, who combined automatically adjusted propeller blades with automatically adjusted wicket gates to a ...

s: two by30 MW capacity and 2 by 33 MW capacity. The dam creates the Farkhad Reservoir with volume of . Its surface area is .

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{{Reflist Dams in Uzbekistan Dams in Tajikistan Hydroelectric power stations in Uzbekistan Hydroelectric power stations in Tajikistan Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union Tajikistan–Uzbekistan border Territorial disputes Dams completed in 1948 Dams on the Syr Darya River

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