The Angostura Dam (officially known as Belisario Domínguez) is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River near Venustiano Carranza in Chiapas Mexico. The dam’s power plant contains 5 x 180 MW 3 x 310 MW Francis turbine-generators. The 146 m (479 ft) tall dam withholds one of the largest reservoirs in Mexico of 18200000000 m3 (14754980 acre·ft). Initial construction on the dam began in 1969 and foundation work in 1971.
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