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VICTORIA DAM

 




Before Victoria Falls was built, it was 300 meters below the site of Victoria Dam. Victoria Dam got its name from the Victoria Falls. There is another story behind this name, President JR Jayawardena visited England and met Queen Elizabeth. Mr. Jayawardena tells the Queen that he needs a loan for the biggest reservoir to be built in Sri Lanka. The reservoir is named after Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth's grandmother, even though it was borrowed.


The Victoria Dam is a two-arched dam located 6 km from the town of Teldeniya on the upper reaches of the Mahaweli River. This is the tallest dam in Sri Lanka and supplies 210 MW to the largest hydropower plant in Sri Lanka. Victoria Dam is 122 meters high, 520 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 25 meters wide with a base.


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