Owen Falls Dam

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Owen Falls Dam is a major hydroelectric power station on the White Nile in Uganda, crucial for the country’s electricity supply and regional power generation.

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Owen Falls Dam canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nalubaale Dam ⓘ
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
builtBy Morrison–Knudsen International ⓘ
linked to: Morrison-Knudsen
commissioningDate 1954 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1947 ⓘ
constructionType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
designedBy Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners ⓘ
distanceFromCapital about 80 kilometres east of Kampala ⓘ
downstreamFrom Nalubaale Power Station ⓘ
elevation about 1134 metres above sea level ⓘ
fundedBy British colonial administration ⓘ
governingTreaty Agreed Curve for Lake Victoria outflows ⓘ
gridConnection Uganda national grid ⓘ
hasReservoir Lake Victoria ⓘ
hasSuccessor Kiira Power Station ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War II infrastructure project ⓘ
impact major source of electricity for Uganda ⓘ
supports regional power exports ⓘ
inflow Lake Victoria ⓘ
installedCapacity 180 megawatts ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Region, Uganda ⓘ
Jinja District ⓘ
locatedInBasin Nile Basin ⓘ
locatedNear Jinja ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver White Nile ⓘ
nearbyPowerStation Kiira Power Station ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 10 ⓘ
openingDate 1954 ⓘ
operator Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Uganda ⓘ
partOf Nile River hydropower system ⓘ
purpose power generation ⓘ
regulation of Lake Victoria outflow ⓘ
regionServed East Africa ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
replaced Ripon Falls ⓘ
spillway gated spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
submerged Ripon Falls ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbine ⓘ
linked to: Kaplan turbines
waterSource Lake Victoria ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jinja → nearbyInfrastructure → Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
Nalubaale Power Station → hasFormerName → Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
Ripon Falls → submergedBy → Owen Falls Dam ⓘ
Ripon Falls → relatedStructure → Owen Falls Dam ⓘ