Leibis-Lichte Dam

Leibis-Lichte Dam
Leibis-Lichte Dam
	Municip. Unterweissbach, Lichte Valley
Coordinates	50°36′3″N 11°10′24″E / 50.60083°N 11.17333°E
Construction began	2002
Opening date	2005
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Height	102.5 m (336 ft)
Length	369 m (1,211 ft)
Width (crest)	9 metres (30 ft)
Width (base)	80.6 m (264 ft)
Dam volume	13,500 m3 (480,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity	86.5 cubic metres per second (3,054.7 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	5.6 million cubic metres (0.198×109 cu ft)
Total capacity	32.4 million cubic metres (1.14×109 cu ft)
Catchment area	72 square kilometres (28 sq mi)
Surface area	122 hectares (301 acres)
Maximum water depth	91 metres (299 ft)
Power Station
Installed capacity	1 megawatt (1,300 hp)

The Leibis-Lichte Dam (

Lichte River

as being the main inlet.

Construction

The Leibis-Lichte Dam was constructed in the time period from 2002 to September 2005.

Inside the formwork, heavy equipment was used to spread and compact the large quantities of concrete.^[1] Mini excavators and graders put nearly 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) of concrete each day into the formwork blocks. Giant cable cranes, reaching over the valley, moved the concrete across the site, with the transport containers holding up to 6 cubic metres (212 cu ft) of concrete.^[1]