The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River


Helpful Links:
Three Gorges Project (Chinese Government)

International Rivers - Three Gorges Dam



Looking down into the locks








Spillways

Park and Visitor Center


Elevated houses in anticipation of rising waters

Entering the locks

Entering the second lock

Exiting the locks





Farming on the river

The Dam in the distance

Coming up to the lock channel

The locks entrance







Inside the locks

Lock traffic


The spillway


Pulleys on top of the dam to lift spillway doors




Unfinished lock


Town in the valley by the dam

Bill, Me, and Tim

Measuring the water level

Cargo ship exiting lock