Castro Alves
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Castro Alves completed 

Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Engevix Engenharia and CCCC
Contractor: unknown
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
Reservoir capacity: 127 m3x106
Height: 48 metres
Length: 350 metres
Volume of RCC: 240 m3x103
Total volume: 322 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: —/05 (— 2005)
Start of RCC: —/06 (— 2006)
End of RCC: —/07 (— 2007)
End of Project: 02/08 (February 2008)
Country: Brazil
River: Das Antas
DMS Co-ordinates: 29˚0'19.95"S, 51˚23'3.39"W
DD Co-ordinates: -29.005543, -51.384277
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| Vertical | 
Downstream
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| 1.30 | 
Spillway
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| 1.30 | 
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) | 
|---|---|
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) | 
|---|
| 60 | 
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type | 
|---|---|
| 15 | Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N) | 

 
  
 