The Three Gorges Dam is one of the most ambitious and equally controversial projects on the planet. engineering
Over the years, the idea of building a dam large enough to hold the Yangtze River at bay seemed unfeasible for all who tried to undertake the task. After Sun Yat-Sen proposed the creation in 1919, the Three Gorges Dam was not discussed until 1944 into 1946.
The Republic of China signed a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to design the dam in 1946. However, this project was quickly abandoned due to the Chinese civil war that followed World War II. There were multiple attempts to build the dam in the 1950s and in the 1970s, yet social turmoil always forced the project to be postponed.The first day of construction on the Three Gorges Dam did not officially begin until December 14, 1994, with it being in operation by 2009.
The project was originally slated to complete in 2008 but spiraling costs, environmental concern, Chinese political corruption, and resettlement issues caused the project’s progress to slow and at times halt, causing more bad than good for locals.One of the biggest controversies surrounding the Three Gorges Dam is the amount of damage the dam does to the environment.
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