 | Workers make the final preparations on the Three Gorges Dam project in Yichang on 17 May 2006. After 13 years of immense physical effort and technical ingenuity, China put the finishing touches to its controversial Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project. click to open  |
 | Ships travelling upstream on the Yangtze river pack into a ship lock at the Three Gorges Dam project in Yichang on 17 May 2006. After 13 years of immense physical effort and technical ingenuity, China put the finishing touches to its controversial Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: Ships wait to sail through the fourth chamber of the permanent ship lock of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Sunday, July 20, 2003. The ship lock has been in good condition since its trial operation on June 16. (Xinhua) click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: A Chinese worker looks at the Yangtze River at Wushan County, near China's Chongqing Municipality, May 27, 2003. The county will be one of the first to be submerged by the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River in about two weeks' time. By mid-June, the Three Gorges Dam will create a lake 135 metres (443 feet) deep and the first four power generators will start operating in August. click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: This photo taken on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 shows a distant view of Wushan Dock in Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. It will be submerged early next month when the Three Gorges Reservoir starts to store water on June 1. click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: Passengers embark at Wushan Dock in Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Wednesday, May 28, 2003. The dock will be submerged on schedule early next month when the Three Gorges Reservoir starts to store water on June 1. click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: Water flows through water diversion holes at the bottom of the Three Gorges dam Sunday, June 1, 2003. China's Three Gorges Project officially began to store water as the sluice gate of the dam started to be closed as scheduled. China began filling the reservoir behind its gargantuan Three Gorges Dam on Sunday in a major step toward completion of the world-largest hydroelectric project. click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: Water gushes from open sluice gates at the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei Province May 30, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: A Chinese engineer of the central control center monitors the valves of the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei province, June 1, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project click to open |
 | China Three Gorges project: Map of the three gorges dam project on the Yangtse river, China click to open |
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