By the way, Michael's Scribble Picnic is set for Wed Sep 19th, so please join us there! The theme is 'Exploration', inspired by his and Alexandra's recent move to Kentucky.
My sister sent me these photos of the Three Gorges Dam that they visited during their Viking Cruise to China. I remembered there were a lot of issues surrounding the construction of this grand engineering feat and found a link here describing the issues. Travelling is educational even for the vicarious traveller!
It seems large areas of the scenic Qutang, Wu and Xiling gorges were submerged upstream by this dam. The government argued that the dam would control flooding problems(debatable) on the Yangtze river and provide power to the region. 1.3 to 1.9 million people were displaced and the reservoir was polluted by human and industrial waste. The dam was inaugurated in 1994 and completed in 2006. All generators were operational by 2012. A large ship lift was operational by late 2015. Ocean sized ships can now sail inland.
My sister sent me these photos of the Three Gorges Dam that they visited during their Viking Cruise to China. I remembered there were a lot of issues surrounding the construction of this grand engineering feat and found a link here describing the issues. Travelling is educational even for the vicarious traveller!
It seems large areas of the scenic Qutang, Wu and Xiling gorges were submerged upstream by this dam. The government argued that the dam would control flooding problems(debatable) on the Yangtze river and provide power to the region. 1.3 to 1.9 million people were displaced and the reservoir was polluted by human and industrial waste. The dam was inaugurated in 1994 and completed in 2006. All generators were operational by 2012. A large ship lift was operational by late 2015. Ocean sized ships can now sail inland.
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