Iron Gates I Dam

GravityRomania/Serbia

CountryRomania/Serbia

Height61 m

Year1972

TypeGravity

RiverDanube

About Iron Gates I Dam

The largest dam on the Danube. 2.3 GW shared equally between Romania and Serbia. The lock system allows ships to bypass the dam. Submerged the island of Ada Kaleh, a Turkish enclave.

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Iron Gates II Dam

Run-of-river30 m

Downstream of Iron Gates I. 432 MW capacity. Another joint Romanian-Serbian project. Part ...

Romania/Serbia | 1984 | Danube