The Rio Cobre Dam near Spanish Town St Catherine Jamaica

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The Rio Cobre Dam is a diversion dam located on the Rio Cobre near Spanish Town in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. Owned by the National Irrigation Commission, its primary function is to divert water into a canal on its right bank for the irrigation of up to 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) to the south. Additionally, it supplies municipal water to Spanish Town. The irrigation scheme encompasses over 48 kilometers (30 miles) of canals, providing water for sugar cane, bananas, and cattle.

The planning for this scheme began under Governor John Peter Grant in 1870. Construction commenced at the end of 1872, and by June 1876, the dam and canals were completed.

In the late 1800s, the West India Electric Company built a 900 kW hydroelectric power station upstream at Bog Walk to power a tram system in Kingston. On June 24, 1904, a tragic accident occurred when water was accidentally released down the station's penstock while workers were cleaning it, resulting in the death of 33 workers. The power station was eventually closed in 1966, 62 years after the accident. However, the dam, the ruins of the turbine house, and some of the concrete supports of the penstock remain to this day

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