Itupararanga Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Itupararanga Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Itupararanga Dam is a dam, located on the Sorocaba River in the Sorocaba region of São Paulo state. It was built by Light S.A. from 1913 to 1914. The plant started its operation on 25 March 1914.http://www.sigrh.sp.gov.br/sigrh/ARQS/RELATORIO/CRH/CBH-SMT/1026/cnec%20sem%20fotos%20grandes%20gti%20110106.pdf Information at CBH presentation (in Portuguese) It forms a lake with more than and an area of 936 square kilometers with the main channel of and from shore. The estimated volume is . The plant, with an installed capacity of and average annual production of , is used only by the industrial Votorantim Group, as Votorantim Cement Factory in St. Helena and the Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio – CBA, in Alumínio. Read more on Wikipedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org