Hiraoka Dam

Hiraoka Dam is a dam in Tenryū, , , completed in 1951. It is located on the Tenryū River upstream from the . During the Second World War prisoners of war held at Tokyo #2D Prisoner of War Camp provided labour to build the penstock tunnel to the powerstation, collect aggregate, and mix cement for the construction of the dam between November 1942 and August 1945.
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Wikipedia
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 303 metres (994 feet)
  • Description: dam in Japan

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hiraoka Station and Ugusu Station.
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is a railway station on the Iida Line… is situated 1¼ km southeast of Hiraoka Dam.
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is a railway station on the Iida Line… is situated 2 km southwest of Hiraoka Dam.
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is a railway station on the Iida… is situated 3½ km south of Hiraoka Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anan.
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is a town located in , Japan. is situated 5 km northwest of Hiraoka Dam.

Hiraoka Dam

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Latitude
35.28261° or 35° 16′ 57″ north
Longitude
137.84686° or 137° 50′ 49″ east
Open location code
8Q7V7RMW+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 580324794
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7573251
Wiki­data ID
Q5769450

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Hiraoka Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hiraoka-damu”
  • Chinese: “平冈水坝”
  • Chinese: “平岡水壩”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد هيراوكا”
  • French: “barrage d’Hiraoka”
  • French: “Barrage d’Hiraoka”
  • Italian: “diga di Hiraoka”
  • Japanese: “ひらおかだむ”
  • Japanese: “平岡ダム”
  • Uzbek: “Hiraoka to‘g‘oni”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Matsuzaki and 松島.

Nearby Places

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