| Sennar Dam | |
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| Location | Sennar, Al Jazirah, Sudan |
| Coordinates | 13.32°N 33.38°E |
| Opening date | 1926 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity |
| Impounds | Blue Nile |
| Height | 40 metres (130 ft) |
| Length | 3,025 metres (9,925 ft) |
The Sennar Dam is an irrigation dam on the Blue Nile near the town of Sennar in the Al Jazirah region of Sudan. The dam is 3,025 metres (9,925 ft) long and has a maximum height of 40 metres (130 ft). It was designed by the Scottish engineer Sir Murdoch MacDonald,[1] begun in 1914 and completed in 1925 by the British contractor S Pearson & Sons.
- ^ Prowde, Oswald Longstaff (1926). "The Gezira Irrigation Scheme, Including the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile". Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 222 (1926): 80. doi:10.1680/imotp.1926.14156.