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

Kariba Dam A World First Built between 1955 and 1959 on the mighty Zambezi River, Kariba Dam was once the largest dam in the world by volume and the first major double-curvature concrete arch dam ever built. It created Lake Kariba, then the largest man-made lake on Earth, and became one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. But progress came at a cost. Over 57,000 Tonga people were forcibly relocated, and sacred lands were submerged. According to Tonga belief, the river s

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