Supung Dam
Location: Pyongan-bukto
Operator: Korea-China Hydroelectric Co
Configuration: 6 X 105 MW Francis
Operation: 1944-1955
T/G supplier: Toshiba, Siemens, LMZ, Electrosila
EPC: Noguchi
Quick facts: This is one of the larger hydroelectric dams in Asia at 100m high and over 850m long. The site is on the Yalu River upstream of Sinuiju, North Korea, and Dandong, China. The facility was designed by Japanese authorities in Manchukuo and the Japanese administration in Korea to supply power for regional industrial development in Manchuria and northern Korea. Construction started in 1937. The Supung Reservoir is 30km long. After World War II, Soviet forces occupied the area and dismantled much of the generating equipment for transport to the Soviet Union. The equipment was restored and the plant extended in the mid-1950s with aid from China, the Soviet Union, and European countries. Plant output is shared between China and North Korea.

Photograph courtesy of Yuri Vanin
Posted 2 Feb 2008