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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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

✨ An aerial view of Kariva Island ✨ Located upstream of the iconic Kariba Dam lies this historic island, the spot where the current name Kariba comes from. The word comes from Kariva, meaning “trap”. It is named after a rock that once stood out in the rushing water of the Zambezi River, at the entrance of the gorge. Today, that rock sits nearly 100 meters below the surface you see in this video. 🎥 Watch this rare footage and see Kariva Island from a new angle! If you already knew this fact, giv