Owen Falls Dam

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Owen Falls Dam is a major hydroelectric power station on the White Nile in Uganda, crucial for the country’s electricity supply and regional power generation.

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Owen Falls Dam canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric power station
alsoKnownAs Nalubaale Dam
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
builtBy Morrison–Knudsen International
linked to: Morrison-Knudsen
commissioningDate 1954
constructionStartDate 1947
constructionType concrete gravity dam
continent Africa
country Uganda
designedBy Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
distanceFromCapital about 80 kilometres east of Kampala
downstreamFrom Nalubaale Power Station
elevation about 1134 metres above sea level
fundedBy British colonial administration
governingTreaty Agreed Curve for Lake Victoria outflows
gridConnection Uganda national grid
hasReservoir Lake Victoria
hasSuccessor Kiira Power Station
historicalContext post-World War II infrastructure project
impact major source of electricity for Uganda
supports regional power exports
inflow Lake Victoria
installedCapacity 180 megawatts
locatedIn Eastern Region, Uganda
Jinja District
locatedInBasin Nile Basin
locatedNear Jinja
Lake Victoria
locatedOnRiver White Nile
nearbyPowerStation Kiira Power Station
numberOfTurbines 10
openingDate 1954
operator Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
ownedBy Government of Uganda
partOf Nile River hydropower system
purpose power generation
regulation of Lake Victoria outflow
regionServed East Africa
Uganda
replaced Ripon Falls
spillway gated spillway
status operational
submerged Ripon Falls
turbineType Kaplan turbine
linked to: Kaplan turbines
waterSource Lake Victoria

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Jinja nearbyInfrastructure Owen Falls Dam
Nalubaale Power Station hasFormerName Owen Falls Dam
Ripon Falls submergedBy Owen Falls Dam
Ripon Falls relatedStructure Owen Falls Dam