Subject(s): black volta river / Genre: digital image - 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.279095, -2.236098

Description:: Children from Bui village fetch water from the nearby Black Volta River. They work together to hoist water-filled headpans in which they have placed leaves to stop the water from sloshing from the pan as they walk back to their homes. Bui, May, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Headpans; Children's work
Subjects Facet:: Black Volta River; Lifting and carrying; Water
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-05
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Bui;8.277322, -2.260175
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.277322, -2.260175

Description:: The Bui Hydroelectric Dam was built on the Black Volta River by Sinohydro, a state-owned Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company. Construction was begun in 2008 and the first turbines became operational in 2013. Here the dam is viewed looking to the northwest from the newly constructed bridge downstream from the dam. Bui Dam site, 20 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16967; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17048
Date:: 2019-06-20
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Sinohydro; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019
Date searchable:: 2019-06-20
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.179543, -2.371213
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.179543, -2.371213

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