Highest concrete dam
Who
Unknown
Where
United Kingdom ()
When
1961

Grande Dixence, on the river Dixence in Switzerland, is the highest concrete dam. It was built between 1953 and 1961 to a height of 285 m (935 ft), with a crest length of 700 m (2,297 ft), using 5,960,000 m3 (7,800,000 yd3, 210,400,000 ft3) of concrete.