Episode
MegaStructures: Icelandic Super Dam
Overview
This episode looks at the Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland - an audacious engineering feat that includes the building of Europe's highest dam, the drilling of 30-mile-long tunnels and the construction of a gigantic underground power plant.
Details
- Series
- MegaStructures
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2008-06-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Icelandic Super Dam is Episode 9 in Season 5 of MegaStructures. It aired on 2008-06-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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