RHODESIA

RHODESIA (now Zimbabwe).

Development.
Kariba Dam.
Nineth stamp in a set of 14, issued on 17.02.1970.
Face value: 15 cents of Rhodesian dollar.
Design: Rose Martin.
Printed by Mardon Printers, Salisbury.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 96.
- Scott No. 288.
- StampWorld No. 96.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 447.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 190.

The Kariba Dam is a double-curved concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River Basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project was planned and implemented by the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The dam is 128 m (420 ft) high and 579 m (1,900 ft) long, and it forms Lake Kariba, which stretches for 280 km (170 miles) and contains 185 km³ (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water. The first phase of the dam (Kariba South) was built between 1955 and 1959. Final construction and the addition of Kariba North Power were not completed until 1977 due to mainly political problems. The creation of the reservoir forced the resettlement of some 57,000 people who lived along the Zambezi on both sides. From 1958 to 1961, Operation Noah captured and removed around 6,000 large and numerous small animals threatened by the rising waters of the lake.

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Thanks to Óscar Valencia for his contribution.