{{Infobox dam |name = Grishk Dam |image = Grishk Dam in Helmand.jpg |image_caption = View of the Canal Intake Structure in 2003, which is about {{cvt|2.7|mi}} northeast of Grishk Dam on the Helmand River |name_official = |dam_crosses = Helmand River |res_name = |location = Grishk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |dam_length = {{cvt|67|m}} |dam_height = |dam_width_base = {{cvt|60|m}} |opening = 1945 |location_map = Afghanistan |location_map_caption = |location_map_size = |coordinates = {{Coord|31|49|35|N|64|35|29|E|display=title}} }}
The '''Grishk Dam''' is located on a canal next to the city of Grishk in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. It is a gravity dam with a hydroelectric power plant. About {{cvt|2.7|mi}} to the northeast is the Canal Intake Structure, which provides water from the Helmand River to Grishk Dam.
A 2003 technical journal noted, that the Grishk power plant was commissioned on an irrigation canal in 1945, and had two damaged and obsolete 1.2 megawatt units which would cost US$3 million to repair.<ref name="DamsResearch2003">{{cite book|author1=International Commission on Large Dams|author2=International Association for Hydraulic Research|author3=International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage|title=International journal on hydropower & dams|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rchQAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=1 April 2011|year=2003|publisher=Aqua-Media International|page=99}}</ref>
== See also == * List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan * Tourism in Afghanistan
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==External links== *{{Cite web |url=https://earth.google.com/web/@31.82662275,64.59156824,826.84881784a,221.95019801d,35y,247.54735982h,60t,0r |title=Gereshk Power Plant |website=Google Earth}}
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Category:Dams in Afghanistan Category:Helmand River Category:Buildings and structures in Helmand Province Category:Dams completed in 1945 Category:1945 establishments in Afghanistan
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