Hwacheon Dam

Hwacheon Dam
Raid on Hwacheon Dam in May 1951
Location of Hwacheon Dam in South Korea
Official name	화천댐
Country	South Korea
Location	Hwacheon County
Coordinates	38°07′02″N 127°46′44″E / 38.11722°N 127.77889°E / 38.11722; 127.77889
Construction began	1939
Opening date	1944
Owner(s)	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.
Dam and spillways
Height	81.5 m (267 ft)
Length	435 m (1,427 ft)[1]
Spillway capacity	5,428 m3/s (191,688 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,018,000,000 m3 (825,306 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	3,901 km2 (1,506 sq mi)
Surface area	38.9 km2 (15 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date	May 1944
Hydraulic head	74.5 m (244 ft) (effective)
Turbines	4 x 27 MW
Installed capacity	108 MW[2]

Hwacheon Dam (Korean: 화천댐) is a concrete gravity dam on the North Han (Pukhan) River in Hwacheon County, Gangwon-do Province, South Korea. The dam was completed in 1944 as a primary source of electricity in southern Korea. It was the focal point of a raid during the Korean War and also provides flood protection from North Korea's Imnam Dam upstream.