It was Japan's first arch dam and required significant sacrifices to build.

Arch dams require a high level of stress and force analysis in order to create a sufficient design.

It is one of the thinnest concrete arch dams in the world.

Based on the plans prepared for the concrete arch dam and the two power stations, construction was started in May 1912.

The arch dam was built with the primary purpose to produce hydroelectricity.

For the case of arch dams, the term is changed to "pulvino".

In general, arch dams are classified as thin, medium, or thick.

The dome style dam is a type of arch dam.

Arch dams are thin and require less material to construct than other dam types.

In arch dam design, two basic shapes are adopted.

Supplying the power station will be a reservoir created by a 305-metre-tall arch dam, the tallest in the world.

The upper reservoir, retained by a concrete gravity arch dam, was completed in 1908.

Initially it was intended to build an arch dam; but this was changed during construction.

By the late 20th century, arch dam design reached a relative uniformity in design around the world.

The arch dam design was chosen for the narrow, rocky gorge where it is located.

Eastwood proposed constructing the world's first reinforced concrete multiple arch dam.

It is the tallest arch dam in Russia.

Lars Jorgensen evolved the specific first design of the constant arch dam.

The most desirable place for an arch dam is a narrow canyon with steep side walls composed of sound rock.

The foundation or abutments for an arch dam must be very stable and proportionate to the concrete.

The old concrete arch dam, completed in 1926, has since been inundated by a new rockfill structure.

At the time of its construction, it was the tallest arch dam in the U.S.

As a result of this failure, the construction of new multiple arch dams have become disfavored.

In the arch dam, stability is obtained by a combination of arch and gravity action.

The haze lifted, showing a picture-perfect arching dam of glistening gray stone.