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Senzoku Dam

Coordinates: 36°23′10.36″N 136°59′26.43″E / 36.3862111°N 136.9906750°E / 36.3862111; 136.9906750
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Senzoku Dam
Togagawa II Power Station on the Shō River
Senzoku Dam is located in Japan
Senzoku Dam
Location of Senzoku Dam in Japan
CountryJapan
LocationToyama Prefecture
Coordinates36°23′10.36″N 136°59′26.43″E / 36.3862111°N 136.9906750°E / 36.3862111; 136.9906750
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1974
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity
ImpoundsTogagawa River
Height33.5 m (110 ft)
Length143 m (469 ft)
Dam volume8,000 m3 (10,000 cu yd)
Spillway typeCrest overflow, one tainter gate
Reservoir
Total capacity132,000 m3 (107 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity132,000 m3 (107 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area66.2 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
Normal elevation614 m (2,014 ft)
Togagawa II Power Station
Coordinates36°25′16″N 136°56′16″E / 36.42111°N 136.93778°E / 36.42111; 136.93778
Operator(s)Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Commission date8 December 1973
Hydraulic head338.73 m (1,111.3 ft)
Turbines1 x 32.7 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity32.7 MW

The Senzoku Dam is a gravity dam on the Togagawa River (a tributary of the Shō River) about 20 km (12 mi) south of Shogawa in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was completed in 1974. The dam sends water to the 32.7 MW Togagawa II hydroelectric power station 5.7 km (3.5 mi) to the west on the Shō River. It was commissioned in 1973.[1]

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  1. ^ "Kansai Electric Power Togagawa 2 power plant" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved 15 July 2013.