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Preparation has been finished for the last 3,000-cubic-meter concrete to be poured on the dam before it is finally completed on May 20, 2006, about ten months ahead of the schedule. The dam, divided into two phases - the right and left banks, is situated near the Xiling Gorge, the eastern most gorge of the Three Gorges on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The completion of the construction of the dam, 2,309 meters long and 185 meters high, marks the principal part of the Three Gorges Project has been finished.
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A technician (2nd R front) is interviewed by journalists at the construction site on the giant Three Gorges dam at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River May 18, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
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A supervisor checks the quality of the reinforcing steel bars before concrete is poured at the construction site on the giant Three Gorges dam at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River May 18, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
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He Xiaopeng (front R), a technician with construction control department of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, shakes hands with Dong Shuli, a staff with a hydropower corporation, after signing the check-and-accept agreement near the construction site on the giant Three Gorges dam at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River May 18, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
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A supervisor checks the quality of the reinforcing steel bars before the last some opf concrete is poured on the giant Three Gorges dam at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River May 18, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]
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