Brazil's financing of the US $ 19 billion Itaipú Dam on the Río Paraná between Paraguay and Brazil had far-reaching consequences for Paraguay ; it had no means of contributing financially to the construction, but its cooperation, including controversial concessions regarding ownership of the construction site and the rates for which Paraguay agreed to sell its share of the electricity, was essential.

Paraguay will have even more hydroelectricity to export when planned new turbines are installed at Itaipú and the Yacyretá dam is fully completed.

The Capital Latin American electric power has two hydroelectric plants, Acaray which was launched in 1968 and Itaipú, built between 1976 and 1982, is the world's largest dam, considered one of the wonders of the modern world.

The Paraguayan economic miracle of the 1970s came to a halt in 1982 because of the completion of construction at Itaipú, lower commodity prices for cotton and soybeans, and world recession.

The second was the signing of the Treaty of Itaipú with Brazil in 1973.

Itaipú gave Paraguay's economy a new source of wealth.

There were, however, several drawbacks to the construction at Itaipú.

Itaipú had prompted a tidal wave of Brazilian migration in the eastern border region of Paraguay.

Argentina, alarmed by Itaipú and close cooperation between Brazil and Paraguay, pressed Stroessner to agree to participate in hydroelectric projects at Yacyretá and Corpus.

Laíno's charges of government corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, human rights violations, and inadequate financial compensation from Brazil under the terms of the Treaty of Itaipú earned him Stroessner's wrath.

Beyond the obvious economic benefits of such a massive project, Itaipú helped to create a new mood of optimism in Paraguay about what a small, isolated country could attain.

In the beginning of the 1980s, the completion of the most important parts of the Itaipú project and the drop in commodity prices ended Paraguay's rapid economic growth.

Paraguay uses only a small portion of the energy it generates through Itaipú and Yacyretá.

This area is near Iguazú Falls and the Itaipú hydroelectric plant.

The hills: Valle-mi, Medina, Pyta, Naranjahai, Itaipú Guazú and Sarambí, destacate from others.

Notably, Barcelonnette is the only subprefecture of France not be served by rail transport ; the Ubaye line which would have linked Chorges to Barcelonnette was never completed as a result of the First World War and the construction of the Serre-Ponçon Dam between 1955 and 1961.

Thus, before the Aswan High Dam was completed in 1971, the White Nile watered the Egyptian stretch of the river throughout the year, whereas the Blue Nile, carrying seasonal rain from Ethiopia, caused the Nile to overflow its banks and deposit a layer of fertile mud over adjacent fields.

With assistance from the United States, the World Bank, and the United Kingdom, construction of the Akosombo Dam was completed on the Volta River in 1966.

* 1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

* 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.

* 1921 – The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Though Seoul completed a " Peace Dam " on the Pukhan River to counteract the potential threat of Pyongyang's dam project before the 1988 Olympics, the North Korean project apparently still was in its initial stages of construction in 1990.

In 1973, Syria completed construction of the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River upstream from the town of Ar-Raqqah.

* December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on The Nile is completed.

March 1: Hoover Dam is completed

* March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.

** Construction of the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

* July 21 – The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

Construction of Shasta Dam, the main dam on the Sacramento, started in 1938 and was completed in 1945.

Construction of the Croton Dam and Aqueduct began in 1837 and was completed in 1842.

* The Dibang Valley Dam in Arunachal Pradesh, India, will be completed, becoming India's largest hydroelectric dam and the tallest concrete dam in the world.

Wilson Dam, completed in 1924, was the first dam under the authority of TVA, created in 1933.

In 1960, the Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of the Painted Rock Dam on the Gila River.

* 17 million m³ — volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913

* Bonneville Dam, completed in 1937.

Large scale dam construction followed, with the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River near Yichang started in 1970 and completed in 1988 ; the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, further upstream, began in 1993.

The Medina Dam, the fourth largest in the nation when completed in 1913, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Four Mile Dam was completed in 1904.

* 1984 – Nicolette van Dam, Dutch actress

* The Dam Busters ( video game ), a 1984 video game

* The Dam Busters 1984

In 1972 the Iron Gate I Dam was opened, followed by Iron Gate II Dam, in 1984, along with two hydroelectric power stations and two sluices.

* Itaipu Dam 1984, in Brazil / Paraguay-14, 000 MW, largest power station in the Americas

A fourth stage of construction was planned for the dam ; however, in 1984 Seattle City Light made an electricity-purchasing agreement with British Columbia which delayed any further expansion of the Ross Lake Dam for 80 years.

* 1984: Junghua Dam was completed.

On the Khwae Yai River, the Si Nakharin Dam was finished in 1980 and the Tha Thung Na Dam in 1981, while the Khao Laem Dam ( renamed Vajiralongkorn Dam ) on the Khwae Noi river south of Thung Yai was completed in 1984.

Notable heritage projects in New Zealand involving Downer & Co include the Homer Tunnel accessing Milford Sound ( 1935 – 1940 ), Rimutaka Tunnel ( 1951 – 1955 ), Cook Strait Ferry Terminal for passenger and freight operations ( 1960 ), Lower Nihotupu Dam ( 1948 ), Lower Wairarapa Valley flood prevention scheme ( 1964 – 1984 ) and New Plymouth Power Station ( 1972 ).

Protection of the habitat of the snail darter would delay construction of a the Tellico Dam for two years ; the dam would eventually be constructed and the snail darter population would increase to the point that its status would be altered in 1984 to " threatened species ".

The only part of the project to be completed was the Jeff L. Taylor Pine Flat Power Plant at the base of Pine Flat Dam, which went into operation in 1984.