Otagiri Dam
Otagiri Dam[1] (Japanese: 小田切ダム) (also sometimes read as Odagiri Dam[2]) is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1954.[3]
Otagiri Dam | |
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Location of Otagiri Dam in Japan | |
Official name | 小田切ダム(Otagiri Dam) |
Location | Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
Coordinates | 36°37′12″N 138°07′24″E |
Purpose | Power |
Construction began | 1953 |
Opening date | 1954 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity dam |
Height | 21.3 m |
Dam volume | 17,000 m3 |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | Tokyo Electric Power Company |
Installed capacity | 16,900 KW |
Name origin
The name of the dam originates from the old village “Otagiri” (小田切)[4] (not "Odagiri"). Etymologically “Otagiri” consists of “O” and “tagiri”. “O” is a prefix of Japanese. “Tagiri” is the gerund of the verb “tagiru” (it means the motion of water like “boil”).[5][6] In Nagano Prefecture there are many such place names like "Tagiri", “Ô-tagiri”,[7] "Naka-tagiri",[8] “Inu-tagiri”, “Fut-tagiri”, and “Ka-tagiri”.[9][10][11][12]
References
- http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/toshikei/kurashi/sumai/kekan/documents/seibishishin-ex.pdf
- "長野市公共サインガイドライン" (PDF). Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "Odagiri Dam [Nagano Pref.] - Dams in Japan". damnet.or.jp.
- ja:小田切
- 松崎岩夫『長野県の地名 その由来』,信濃古代文化研究所,1991年
- 松崎岩夫『上伊那の地名 その由来』,ほおずき書籍,1999年.ISBN 4795286469
- ja:太田切川 (長野県)
- ja:中田切川
- ja:片桐村
- ja:片桐氏
- ja:田切
- http://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/gyosei/shokai_rekishi/konnamachi/michi/chimei/chuo/tagiri.html
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