Hwacheon Dam
Hwacheon Dam (Korean: 화천댐) is a concrete gravity dam on the North Han (Pukhan) River in Hwacheon County, Gangwon-do Province, South Korea. The dam was completed in 1944 as a primary source of electricity in southern Korea. It was the focal point of a raid during the Korean War and also provides flood protection from North Korea's Imnam Dam upstream.
| Hwacheon Dam | |
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Raid on Hwacheon Dam in May 1951 | |
Location of Hwacheon Dam in South Korea | |
| Official name | 화천댐 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Location | Hwacheon County |
| Coordinates | 38°07′02″N 127°46′44″E |
| Construction began | 1939 |
| Opening date | 1944 |
| Owner(s) | Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 81.5 m (267 ft) |
| Length | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Spillway capacity | 5,428 m3/s (191,688 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 1,018,000,000 m3 (825,306 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 3,901 km2 (1,506 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 38.9 km2 (15 sq mi) |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | May 1944 |
| Hydraulic head | 74.5 m (244 ft) (effective) |
| Turbines | 4 x 27 MW |
| Installed capacity | 108 MW |
| Hwacheon Dam | |
| Hangul | 화천댐 |
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| Hanja | 華川댐 |
| Revised Romanization | hwacheon daem |
| McCune–Reischauer | hwa-ch'ŏn taem |
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