Date: 2009 / Subject(s): mountain and black volta river - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: In the foreground, right, work in progress at the Bui Dam site by Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower and engineering company. Grating of the mountain slope is underway. Beyond that (right center) buildings associated with the Chinese operational site are visible. The braided channel of the Black Volta River downstream from the dam site is center frame. Bui Dam site, 7 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17039 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17049
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Sinohydro; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Landscapes; Black Volta River; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.279095, -2.236098
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

Description:: Work in progress at the Bui Dam site by Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower and engineering company. Here they grate the southern mountain that will serve as part of the dam's infrastructure. To the left, the cleared site of the former Ewe fishing village of Agbegikrom is visible. Looking downstream, the braiding of the Black Volta River below the dam site is visible. Bui Dam site, 7 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17041
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Sinohydro
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Fishing villages; Mountains; Ewe (African people)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.279095, -2.236098
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

Description:: Work in progress at the Bui Dam site by Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower and engineering company. Here standing on the south bank looking northwest with a view of the diversion channel and the base of the dam under construction. The Bui National Park lands in the background were flooded by Bui Lake as it formed behind the dam from 2012. Bui Dam site, 7 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Sinohydro; Bui National Park; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Landscapes; Black Volta River; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.279095, -2.236098
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

Description:: A temporary bridge spans the Black Volta River at the site where Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company began constructing the Bui Hydroelectric Dam in 2008. Bui Dam site, 7 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Sinohydro; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Bridges; Black Volta River; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Bui;8.279095, -2.236098
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

Description:: Sinohydro, the state-owned Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company, began constructing the Bui Hydroelectric Dam in 2008. Here on the north bank of the Black Volta River at the base of the mountain is the cleared site of an Ewe fishing village, Agbegikrom (two views). The village was leveled after its inhabitants were resettled. Bui Dam site, 7 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17286
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Vegetation; Sinohydro; Savanna woodland
Subjects Facet:: Ewe (African people); Black Volta River; Fishing villages; Bui Dam (Ghana); Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-07
Location(s):: Bui;8.279095, -2.236098
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

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