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May 20, 2006
Three Gorges Dam completed

China completed construction of the world's largest dam in the Three Gorges area, central China's Hubei province, on May 20, 2006. The event signified a milestone achievement in the mammoth Three Gorges water control project that aimed to tame the flood-prone Yangtze River, the nation's longest waterway.