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Grishk Dam

Coordinates: 31°49′35″N 64°35′29″E / 31.82639°N 64.59139°E / 31.82639; 64.59139
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Grishk Dam
View of the Canal Intake Structure in 2003, which is about 2.7 mi (4.3 km) northeast of Grishk Dam on the Helmand River
Grishk Dam is located in Afghanistan
Grishk Dam
Location of Grishk Dam in Afghanistan
LocationGrishk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates31°49′35″N 64°35′29″E / 31.82639°N 64.59139°E / 31.82639; 64.59139
Opening date1945
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsHelmand River
Length67 m (220 ft)
Width (base)60 m (200 ft)

The Grishk Dam is located on a canal next to the city of Grishk in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. It is a gravity dam with a hydroelectric power plant. About 2.7 mi (4.3 km) to the northeast is the Canal Intake Structure, which provides water from the Helmand River to Grishk Dam.

A 2003 technical journal noted, that the Grishk power plant was commissioned on an irrigation canal in 1945, and had two damaged and obsolete 1.2 megawatt units which would cost US$3 million to repair.[1]

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  1. ^ International Commission on Large Dams; International Association for Hydraulic Research; International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (2003). International journal on hydropower & dams. Aqua-Media International. p. 99. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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