The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
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make the most <strong>of</strong> our resources<br />
Key facts<br />
Steel used in constructing the dam could build 380 Eiffel<br />
Towers.<br />
Itaipú Dam uses 15 times the amount <strong>of</strong> concrete used in<br />
the Channel Tunnel.<br />
30,000 people, equivalent to the population <strong>of</strong> Tahiti,<br />
worked on its construction.<br />
<strong>The</strong> spillway releases 62,200m 2 <strong>of</strong> water a second.
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