THE CONSTRUCTION OF KARIBA DAM The dam was constructed on the orders of the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, a 'federal colony' within the British Empire. The double curvature concrete arch dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1955 and 1959 by Impresit of Italyat a cost of $135,000,000 for the first stage with only the Kariba South power cavern. Final construction and the addition of the Kariba North Power cavern by Mitchell Construction was not com

THROWBACK: The flood during construction of Kariba Dam Wall In March 1958, during the Kariba Dam Wall construction there was an unprecedented flood amounting to 16 000 cubic metres per second of water which passed through the site flooding the cofferdam causing considerable damage and disruption. Parts of the suspension footbridge were swept away and the river in the gorge rose some 34 metres above the low water levels. Kariba Dam was originally designed to have only four spill gates. This flood

Kariba Dam Wall Facts 1. Double Curvature Concrete Arch Dam 2. Commissioned in 1960 3. Dam Height - 128m 4. Dam thickness - 13m 5. Approximate total volume - 1.034m m3 6. Floodgates for spilling Six (06) 🎥 video taken by Andiys in 2010. #ZambeziRiverAuthority #karibadam #Zambezi #zambeziriver #siavonga #kariba | Zambezi River Authority