Sentence examples for first dam from inspiring English sources

The canyon country around Lee's Ferry was considered for the site of the first dam, but was abandoned in favor of a site lower on the Colorado, where Hoover Dam was completed in 1936.

The first dam on the river, at Man Wan, in China, was not completed until 1993.

The first dam could be operating by 2019, the last by 2025, Mr. Fernández said.

The first dam, on the Dez River, will eventually irrigate 360,000 acres & generate 520,000 kilowatts of electricity.

Construction had been scheduled to begin this year on the first dam at Liuku, near the Chinese-Burmese border.

The Xayaburi dam — named after the province in Laos where it is being built — would be the first dam on the lower portion of the Mekong River.

The first dams and canals of the project started going up in the late 1930s, and the last facilities were completed in the early 1970s.

Construction began on a third dam on the river, at Xiaowan, in 2002.

A second dam, Kiira, was later constructed about 0.6 mile (1 km) from Nalubaale.

A second dam, Kiira, was later constructed 0.6 mile (1 km) from Nalubaale.

A third dam will be decommissioned, and a bypass will be built around the structure so the salmon can pass.