The Torul Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Harşit River located northwest of Torul in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Construction on the dam began in 1998 and was completed in 2007. The dam's hydroelectric power plant was commissioned in 2008. Water is diverted through a tunnel and penstock on the river's north side where it reaches the power plant located about downstream. It has an installed capacity of 121.5 MW.

See also

Kürtün Dam

List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey

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Dams in Gümüşhane Province

Concrete-face rock-fill dams

Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey

Dams completed in 2007

Dams on the Harşit River

2008 establishments in Turkey

Energy infrastructure completed in 2008

21st-century architecture in Turkey

Torul Dam