Wonders of the Modern World – Itaipu Dam publisher May 4, 2007 Comments closed 00:00:01located on the border of Brazil and 00:00:03Paraguay the eat a food dam is five 00:00:05miles wide and spans the Parana River 00:00:07during the course of construction 00:00:10workers actually had to shift the course 00:00:12of the seventh largest river in the 00:00:14world its main dance stands at sixty 00:00:17five stories high it took 18 years and 00:00:2018 billion dollars to build it was 00:00:23completed in 1991 and has received more 00:00:26than 9 million visitors since it has 18 00:00:29hydroelectric generators and each 00:00:32turbine is hit with 160 tons of water 00:00:35per second 00:00:37[Music] ” Categories:Top10 things Top10 things Previous Post Wonders of the Modern World – Chunnel Next Post Wonders of the Modern World – Scheldt Storm Barrier