Highest Concrete Dam



Grande Dixence; River Dixence, Switzerland; 1961.

Grande Dixence, on the river Dixence in Switzerland, is the highest concrete dam in the world. It was built between 1953 and 1961 to a height of 285 m (935 ft), with a crest length of 700 m (2,297 ft), using 5,960,000 m³ (7,800,000 yd³, 210,400,000 ft³) of concrete.

Source: Guinness World Records 2007

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