Second Stage of Gezhouba Project Begins

The second stage of construction for China's biggest hydropower project -- the Gezhouba project on the Changjiang River -- has gone into full swing.

Gezhouba is the first dam on the Changjiang. When completed, it will be 2,600 metres long.

The project has been divided into stages. The first stage, the eastern section which is 1,600 metres, was completed last year.

The second stage includes the 1,000-metre-long western section of the dam, and installing 14 generating units with a total designed capacity of 1.75 million kilowatts, a lock big enough for 10,000-ton class ships, a sand scouring gate capable of discharging 20,000 cubic metres per second and a silt discharging dyke.

At present, the cofferdams to protect the western dam construction site have been completed and 10 million cubic metres of water have been pumped out of that part of the river that is hemmed in by the cofferdams. Diggings has begun in the pebble-strewn river bed. And some parts have been dug as deep as 30 metres. The power plant and ship lock along the western section are scheduled to begin operations in 1986.

 

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位于长江之上的葛洲坝工程是中国第一大水利水电工程。其二期工程已全面启动。

葛洲坝是长江第一大坝。全长2，600米。

葛洲坝工程分为两期。去年完工的一期工程也就是东边部分，全长1，600米。

二期工程包含修建1，000米长的大坝的西部， 总装机容量为175万千瓦的14台机组的安装____________________________

目前， 用于保护西部大坝的围堰的建设业已完工。从围堰截流的河流一千万立方米水_______一些地方挖的有30米深.据规划西部的电厂和船闸于1986年开始实施.