Grishk Dam
The Grishk Dam is located on a canal next to the city of Grishk in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. It is a gravity dam with a hydroelectric power plant. About 2.7 mi (4.3 km) to the northeast is the Canal Intake Structure, which provides water from the Helmand River to Grishk Dam.
| Grishk Dam | |
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View of the Canal Intake Structure in 2003, which is about 2.7 mi (4.3 km) northeast of Grishk Dam on the Helmand River | |
Location of Grishk Dam in Afghanistan | |
| Location | Grishk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 31°49′35″N 64°35′29″E |
| Opening date | 1945 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Helmand River |
| Length | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Width (base) | 60 m (200 ft) |
A 2003 technical journal noted that the Grishk power plant was commissioned on an irrigation canal in 1945, and had two damaged and obsolete 1.2 megawatt units which would cost US$3 million to repair.
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