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alcántara, also, known, josé, maría, oriol, buttress, tagus, river, near, alcántara, province, cáceres, spain, named, after, politician, captain, spanish, electricity, industry, josé, maría, oriol, urquijo, regulates, much, flow, tagus, river, longest, iberian. The Alcantara Dam also known as the Jose Maria de Oriol Dam is a buttress dam on the Tagus River near Alcantara in the province of Caceres Spain It is named after the politician and captain of the Spanish electricity industry Jose Maria de Oriol y Urquijo The dam regulates much of the flow of the Tagus River the longest of the Iberian Peninsula It was built in 1969 and is the second largest reservoir in Europe 3 4 Alcantara DamLocation of Alcantara Dam in SpainLocationAlcantara province of Caceres Extremadura SpainCoordinates39 43 48 N 6 53 05 W 39 73000 N 6 88472 W 39 73000 6 88472StatusOperationalOpening date1969Dam and spillwaysType of damButtressHeight130 m 427 ft Length570 m 1 870 ft Dam volume956 000 m3 1 250 401 cu yd Spillways2Spillway capacity8 000 m3 s 282 517 cu ft s ReservoirTotal capacity3 160 000 000 m3 2 561 854 acre ft Catchment area51 916 km2 20 045 sq mi 1 Power StationCommission date1969 1970Turbines4 x 229 MW Francis typeInstalled capacity915 MW 2 The Roman Alcantara Bridge is located 600 m downstream from the dam References Edit Jose Maria de Oriol Alcantara II in Spanish Spanish Society of Reservoirs and Dams Retrieved 31 August 2011 The hydroelectric Jose Maria de Oriol one of the greatest in Spain in Spanish Iberdrola Retrieved 31 August 2011 Integrated Water Resources Management STRIVER efforts to assess the current status and future possibilities in four river basins Docs google com Retrieved 2014 02 04 Bulletin Striver Docs google com Retrieved 2014 02 04 External links Edit Spain portal Water portal Renewable energy portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alcantara dam Empresas ICA S A B de C V ICA Reuters Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alcantara Dam amp oldid 1032032246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
