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Kariba Dam Wall Facts 1. Double Curvature Concrete Arch Dam 2. Commissioned in 1960 3. Dam Height - 128m 4. Dam thickness - 13m 5. Approximate total volume - 1.034m m3 6. Floodgates for spilling Six (06) 🎥 video taken by Andiys in 2010. #ZambeziRiverAuthority #karibadam #Zambezi #zambeziriver #siavonga #kariba | Zambezi River Authority

THE CONSTRUCTION OF KARIBA DAM The dam was constructed on the orders of the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, a 'federal colony' within the British Empire. The double curvature concrete arch dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1955 and 1959 by Impresit of Italyat a cost of $135,000,000 for the first stage with only the Kariba South power cavern. Final construction and the addition of the Kariba North Power cavern by Mitchell Construction was not com