Tagokura Dam

Tagokura Dam is a gravity dam, on the Tadami River in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. It is owned and operated by the Electric Power Development Company. The lake which it impounds is known as Lake Tagokura.

Statistics

The dam is long and high. It supplies a 380 MW hydroelectric power station that is also owned by J-Power.Lake Tagokura has a surface area of and a capacity of. The catchment area is.

History

Construction of the dam started in 1953 and it was completed in 1959. In order to facilitate the movement of construction material, the existing railway from to was extended to, and a light railway was built from there to the construction site. After the dam was completed, the light railway was upgraded and extended to link to an existing line at, thus creating today's Tadami Line.