🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
John Day Dam
concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, United States
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hydraulic works
Thai Canal
proposed canal across the Kra isthmus connecting the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea
🇷🇺 Russia · Hydraulic works
Uglich Hydroelectric Station
architectural landmark, gravity dam, hydroelectric power station in Uglich, Russia
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Itaipu Dam
hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
🇲🇽 Mexico · Hydraulic works
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Cape Cod Canal
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 32-mile-long (51 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River in Northeast…
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River)
The Black Rock Dam is a low head dam in the Schuylkill River. Originally constructed as a stone filled, timber crib dam in the early 19th century by the Schuylkill Navigation Company, the dam was one…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hydraulic works
El Carrizal Dam
The El Carrizal Dam (in Spanish, Embalse El Carrizal) is a dam on the upper-middle course of the Tunuyán River, in the center-north of the province of Mendoza, Argentina upstream from the city of…
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Alcantarilla Dam
The Alcantarilla Dam is an ancient Roman gravity dam built to supply water to the Roman city of Toletum (present-day Toledo, Spain), in the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Ganga Canal (Rajasthan)
The Ganga Canal (also called Gang Canal) of Rajasthan is an irrigation system of canals in the present district of Sri Ganganagar fed from the Sutlej River from Ferozepur Headworks 10 km northwest of…
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Coquitlam Dam
Coquitlam Dam is a hydraulic fill embankment dam on the Coquitlam River in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia.