Shasta Dam only by Hoover Dam on the Colorado – as well as the highest man-made structure in California. It was also the second most massive concrete dam measured by volume, exceeded only by Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington. An anonymous workman reportedly said, "Old Shasta's about the secondest dam there is." When the dam was completed, chief engineer Frank Crowe is known to have declared, "Look at that Shasta Dam. That dam will stand there forever holding back the river. And that powerhouse will keep right on turning out juice until somebody discovers how to make power
Mohale Dam of the LHWP, is designed to divert about per second of storage to the Katse Dam reservoir. The water supply meets the needs of the Gauteng region which encompasses the mining and industrial cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. The regulated flow from the reservoir is per second which is transferred as gravity flow through the interconnecting concrete lined tunnel of length with an internal diameter of . Mohale Dam is categorized as a high dam, and at in height it is said to be the highest rock-fill concrete-face dam (CFRD) in Africa. It is built as an embankment dam with