More than two decades in the making, the Yusufeli dam is a visual stunner.
July 4, 2023
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Pam McFarland - Engineering News-Record
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On a cold, gray day in late March, the mountains on the drive to the Yusufeli hydroelectric dam project site in northeastern Turkey seem ominous.
With the highest of these rising more than 3,000 meters above sea level—some of them snow-capped—the jagged rock formations look stark and imposing, the type only a trained professional should attempt to cross.
Reprinted courtesy of Pam McFarland, Engineering News-Record
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