Water level of Taira Dam
The renovation of the power plant at the Taira Dam on the Saigawa River has been completed.
This dam is located along Route 19, which I previously wrote about in an article titled “No Water in the Dam?”.
When I was driving along Route 19, I saw that the water level of the dam was rising, so I took some pictures.
It was late in the evening when I took the picture, so please forgive me if the color tone of the photo gives a lonely impression.
This photo was taken from the top of the red bridge in the photo above.
The sluice gate had been lowered, and water was only being let out from the central sluice gate.
When I checked the dam lake, it was already completely filled with water.
I heard that they started storing water on September 30.
The power plant is scheduled to resume operation on November 1.
The rocks were completely hidden.
I moved upstream to the Onzoshi-bashi Bridge.
The water surface is close to here.
Looking at the dam lake from the bridge.
This area is where “Turtle Rock” is supposed to exist. It is now completely out of sight.
I felt the surface of the lake at dusk is not very pleasant.
Let’s look a little further upstream.
This is the Sanseiji-ohashi Bridge.
The rock called “Shimadai no Matsu (Pine tree on island)” is also hidden by water.
The pine leaves look completely dead, are they ok?
They used to be much greener.
The last photo is the Sanseiji-bashi Bridge as seen from the Sanseiji-ohashi Bridge.
We can either think of it as “water back in the dam” or “the view has been submerged.”
The Taira Dam was completed in 1957.
We have seen the scenery with water for more than 60 years, so we take it for granted, but historically speaking, it has only been a few decades.
For the photos of the area without water, please refer to the related article below.
[Related articles]
“No water in the dam?“ (2023-04-22)
“Sanseiji with less water(1)“ (2023-04-23)
“Sanseiji with less water(2)“ (2023-04-25)
“The naming of the Onzoshi-bashi Bridge (1) “ (2023-12-30)
“The naming of the Onzoshi-bashi Bridge (2)“ (2023-12-31)