Masonry dams are dams made out of masonrymainly stone and brick, sometimes joined with mortar. They are either the gravity or the arch-gravity type. The largest masonry dam in the World is Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in India.
Visual examples
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Image:Roosevelt Dam original masonry.jpg|The original Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona
Image:New Croton Dam from below.jpg|New Croton Dam in New York
Image:Artouste-dam1.JPG|The Artouste Dam in France
Image:NagarjunaSagarDam.JPG|The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in India is the largest masonry dam in the world
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See also
- Arch-gravity dam
- Causeway
- Dam
- Gravity dam
- Retaining wall
- Wicket dam