Caracoles Dam, Argentina - Soil Instruments

Instruments

W9 Vibrating Wire Piezometer
Vibrating Wire Pressure Cell
Vibrating Wire Settlement Cell
Vibrating Wire Triaxial Jointmeter
Mechanical Triaxial Jointmeter
Hydraulic Overflow Settlement Cell

The Lost Caracoles Dam, or Caracoles Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the San Juan River about 44 kilometres (27 mi) west of San Juan in San Juan Province, Argentina.

Designed as a multipurpose infrastructure asset, the 136-metre (446 ft) tall Caracoles Dam supports a 126 megawatts (169,000 hp) hydro-electric power station to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Together with the Punta Negra Dam downstream, it increases irrigation reliability supporting 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) and further enables the expansion of cultivated land. Construction began in 2004 and the dam and power station were completed in 2009.