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Central Hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán

Santa Cruz de Yojoa Honduras

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1980
  Finished1985
Building Uses
 - industrial
 - mechanical
 - electrical
Structural Types
 - dam

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof768 ftWikipedia
Top floor742 ftStructurae
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Description
• The El Cajon Dam is the largest dam in Honduras.

• The minimum level of operation of the hydroelectric plant is 220 meters, the maximum is 290. The curtain of El Cajon is 226 meters (741 feet, equivalent to a 75-story building or the Chrysler Building in New York.) Tall and is a double curvature.

• The main inflow into the reservoir, the Rio Sulaco and the Rio Humuya. The outflow is the Rio Comayagua, on the Río Ulúa in the Caribbean Sea.

• Crown length: 382 m

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