My Dam Stamps

Greece
Electrification Projects
April 14, 1962
One of the seven stamps shows the Plastiras Dam.
The Plastiras Dam is a concrete arch dam in Karditsa regional unit. It impounds the Tavropos (Megdovas) River and creates Lake Plastiras. The dam has a height of 83 m and width of 220 m. The three Pelton-type turbines have a total capacity of 130 MW.

South Africa
Cooperation in Southern Africa
February 15, 1990
One of the four stamps features Cahora Bassa Dam.
The Cahora Bassa Dam is a dam in Mozambique. It is one of the three major dams on the Zambezi river system. The Cahora Bassa system is the largest hydroelectric project in southern Africa with the power station containing five 415 megawatts turbines.

Zimbabwe
Bridges of Zimbabwe - Kariba Barrage Bridge
October 24, 2006
The Kariba Dam is a concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 meters tall and 579 meters long. The dam forms Lake Kariba which extends for 280 kilometers. The hydroelectric power station has a capacity of 1626 MW. The Kariba Barrage Bridge connects the two countries.

Turkey
Dams in Turkey
September 19, 1999
The Çubuk-1 Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Çubuk Stream near Çubuk in Ankara Province. It is located 12 km north of the center of Ankara and was built to control floods and provide drinking water to the city. The dam was operational in April 1936.
The Atatürk Dam, originally the Karababa Dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The construction was completed in 1990. It was built for electricity and irrigation. The power station is equipped with eight 300 MW Francis-type turbines.

Poland
Air Mail - Porabka Dam
December 15, 1958
The Porabka dam, located in the town of Porabka in southern Poland, was completed in 1937 chiefly to control flooding in the Sola River valley. The dam created Lake Miedzybrodzkie. The power plant has a capacity of 500 MW and was operational since 1953.

Bosnia and Herzegovina BH Post
50th Anniversary of Jablanica Power Plant
March 7, 2005
The Jablanica Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Neretva River about 4 km north of Jablanica. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1955 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. The power station, equipped with six 30 MW Francis-type turbines, started operation in 1955.

Suriname
Natural Resources
October 9, 1965
One of the four stamps shows Afobaka Dam.
The Afobaka Dam is an embankment dam with a main gravity dam section on the Suriname River near Afobaka in Brokopondo District of Suriname. The dam was completed in 1964, and its 180 MW hydroelectric power plant was operational in 1965. About 75% of power generated is used for processing aluminum, the rest is used in Paramaribo downstream.

Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a dam and power transmission equipment and entitled "Energy," designed by French artist Camille Paul Josso (1902-1986), engraved by Pierre Gandon (1899-1990), and issued for use in French Morocco on February 9, 1948 as one of a set of two stamps benefiting the Solidarity Fund, Scott No. B34.

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El Salvador
National Energy Resources
September 13, 1984
Cerrón Grande Dam spans the Lempa River 78 km north of San Salvador. The concrete gravity dam has a height of 90 m and a length of 800 m. The hydroelectric power plant was fitted with two 85 MW Francis-type turbines.

Uruguay - 1981 (Scott 1118)

The Hydroelectric Power Station of Palmar was officially opened on December 22, 1981, while power generation began on October 21, 1982.

Swaziland 2013 Towards 2022 - Lubovane Dam

Paraguay
Yacyretá Dam
November 28, 2005
Yacyretá Dam is built over the waterfalls of Jasyretâ-Apipé in the Paraná River, between the Argentine Province of Corrientes and the Paraguayan City of Ayolas.
The dam is 808 meters long, and its power plant with twenty 155 MW turbines was commissioned in 1994.

Portugal
The 100th Anniversary of the Ministry of Public Work
December 10, 1952
The Pego do Altar Dam - originally named Salazar Dam - is a dam located on the river of Alcáçovas, in the basin of river Sado, in the parish of Santa Susana. The dam was built in 1949 for agriculture in the Sado Valley and for hydroelectricity. Its reservoir is nowadays a tourist attraction, especially for sport fishing.

Uruguay - 1938
Scott C88

Rio Negro Dam

Brazil
Itaipu Bi-National Project - Brazil and Paraguay
May 6, 2011
The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The dam, 196 m high and nearly 8 km long, is composed of gravity, buttress and embankment sections. The dam was opened in May 1984. The hydroelectric plant is equipped with twenty 700 MW Francis-type turbines.
In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers elected the Itaipu Dam as one of the seven modern Wonders of the World.