Three Gorges Dam by Chiang Kai-shek, began preliminary work on plans in the Three Gorges. In 1939, Japanese military forces occupied Yichang and surveyed the area. A design, the Otani plan, was completed for the dam in anticipation of a Japanese victory over China. In 1944, the United States Bureau of Reclamation head design engineer, John L. Savage, surveyed the area and drew up a dam proposal for the 'Yangtze River Project'. Some 54 Chinese engineers went to the U.S. for training. The original plans called for the dam to employ a unique method for moving ships; the ships would move into locks
Grand Inga Dam Grand Inga Dam The Grand Inga Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The proposed dam is the fourth and largest of the Inga dams, from Inga-I, from Inga-II, and from the proposed Inga-III. The dam has an expected generating capacity of , with 52 turbines each with a capacity of . This is close to twice the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, which is currently known as the largest energy-generating body ever built. Inga Falls on the Congo River is a group of rapids (or