Mulungushi Dam

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Satellit photo of the reservoir

The Mulungushi Dam located Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Kabwe, Zambia, was constructed by the Broken Hill Development Company on the Mulungushi River and opened in 1925 by the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII) to provide hydroelectric power to the Broken Hill Mine in Kabwe (known as Broken Hill at that time). It is a sister facility to the Mita Hills Dam Script error: No such module "convert". to its northeast. The Lunsemfwa Hydropower Company currently controls the power stations of both dams and the one at Lunsemfwa Falls.

The manmade lake created by the Mulungushi Dam is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide and is home to the Mulungushi Boat Club (MBC) and a local fishing competition.

References

Zambia Lowdown website accessed 19 February 2007.

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