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Alpaslan 1 Dam

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Official name
  
Alpaslan I Barajı

Opening date
  
2009

Height
  
91 m (299 ft)

Impound
  
Murat River

Location
  
Muş Province, Turkey

Impounds
  
Murat River

Construction began
  
1994

Alpaslan-1 Dam

Type of dam
  
Embankment, rock/sand fill with clay core

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Alpaslan-1 Dam (Turkish: Alpaslan I Barajı) is a dam and hydroelectric power station in Muş Province, Turkey. The foundation stone for the dam was laid in 1994 and construction on the dam superstructure began in 1998. The dam began to impound its reservoir in 2008 and the first of four 40 MW generators was operational in 2009. The second was commissioned in 2012.

Map of Alpaslan-1 Dam, 49090 Bostankent K%C3%B6y%C3%BC%2FMu%C5%9F Merkez%2FMu%C5%9F, Turkey

References

Alpaslan-1 Dam Wikipedia