Opening date 1900 Total capacity 417,000 m³ Surface area 4.8 hectares Opened 1900 | Length 110.3 m Catchment area 10.7 km² Height 33 m Construction began 1897 | |
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Location Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Address Japan, 〒651-0058 Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe, 中央区葺合町山郡 Similar Nunobiki Falls, Nunobiki Herb Garden, Futatabi Park, Tairyū‑ji Temple, Mount Maya | ||
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Nunobiki Dam is a dam in Kobe, in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. It is the first concrete gravity dam in Japan. It is situated in Chuo-ku, Kobe, at the foot of the mountain stream Nunohiki and waterfall of the same name. In 2006 with the modernization of water resources and water supply, the dam was designated as important heritage site.
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History
The modern water supply plan in Japan was originally drawn up in 1887 but in 1892, Professor William Barton from the British Ministry of Engineering proposed an earth-fill dam with a reservoir capacity of about 31 million tons. Construction began in 1897 and it was completed in 1900. In 2005, the dam was partly reconstructed to incorporate seismic strengthening and sediment dredging was completed.
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