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Briefing of Three Gorges Project
Three Gorges Project, the Yangtze Three Gorges Water Control Project, is located at Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province. The TGP will be built in accordance with the scheme of “development in one cascade, construction at one stroke, impoundment at stages and resettlement in succession”. The concert gravity dam will be 3,035m long on the top, with the crest at EL 185 meters. The designed normal pool level of the reservoir is EL 175 meters, and the total storage capacity 39.3 billion m3. The designed two powerhouses to be located on both sides of the spillway have 26 units of generators of 700,000Kw each, with a total capacity of 18.2 million Kw and an annual output of nearly 84.7 billion Kwh. The designed One-way shipping capacity of the navigation facilities is 50 million tons a year. The twin 5-flight ship lock can adequately handle tows up to 10,000 tons. It is expected that the preparation work and main works of the Project will take 2 years and 15 years respectively. Owing to the construction of the Project, 1.13 million people are expected to be resettled and 28,800 ha. Of farmland inundated. When completed, the Project will be beneficial in ten aspects, including flood control, power generation, navigation, aquaculture, tourism, ecological protection, development-oriented resettlement, transferring water supply and irrigation, which makes it a unique super power station worldwide.
What about the schedule
The first period: To dam the main waterway of the Yangtze by the use of Zhongbao Island and to build the canal, to build the coffer dams upstream and downstream and begin the preparation of early-stage project. This period is symbolized by the beginning in 1993 to damming the river on November 8th, 1997.
The second period: 1997—2003, from the damming by the canal in November 2002 to storing water on June 15th, 2003, the dam is to store water gradually to 135 meters and keep it to 2006. The permanent navigating is finished and be put into use, and the first generating unit on the left bank is to generate power.
The third period: 2003—2006, the dam is to store water to 156 meters in September 2006, and the power plant workshop on the right bank.
The forth period : 2006—2009, the dam is to store water to 175 meters finally in 2009, and the whole project is to be completed.
 
How will the cruise ship navigate in 2003?
Influenced by the project, the cruise ship timetable in the Three Gorges is divided as following periods:
November 2002—April 9th , 2003 Contemporary ship locks in use only: from November 2002 to April 9th , 2003, adding up to 160 days, on change about the navigation on Chuan River.
April 10th, 2003—May 31st , 2003 The contemporary ship locks are to be locked, but there is no change in the water level and cruise ships navigate on the river upstream the Dam.
June 1st, 2003—June 15th , 2003 In these 15 days, the water level in the reservoir is to be raised from 66 meters to 135 meters. But no influence on the navigation, and cruise ships navigate on the river upstream the Dam.
June 15th, 2003—September 2006 The period of navigating through the permanent ship lock. Neither buses nor boats are needed to transport the tourists in the course of cruising. The navigation in the middle and lower reaches will be renewed, and the waterway will be broadened the currency slowed, and the dangerous shoals smoothened when the water level is raised to 135 meters.
     
THE TABLE OF THE CRUISER
Chinese Name
Cruise Name
Web. Site
C
FN
Cap.
Len.
Wid.
S(m2)
Sta.C
Sin.C
D C
S
P.S
www.ccotc.com
5
1997
150
91.5
16.8
15
59
14
2
0
1
www.orientroyalcruise.com
5
1995
160
91.5
16.4
17.5
78
0
0
0
2
www.orientroyalcruise.com
5
1994
160
91.5
16.4
17.5
78
0
0
0
2
www.ccotc.com
5
1995
136
87.2
16.4
19
57
8
6
1
0
www.regalchinacruises.com
5
1993
258
129.5
16
7
114
10
0
10
0
www.regalchinacruises.com
5
1993
258
129.5
16
7
114
10
0
10
0
www.regalchinacruises.com
5
1993
258
129.5
16
7
114
10
0
10
0
www.ccotc.com
5
1994
160
91.5
16.4
15.5
78
0
0
0
2
 
5
1996
156
92
16.5
16
76
0
0
0
2
www.victoriacruises.com
5
1995
154
87.5
14.4
14.5
74
0
2
5
0
 
5
1995
150
90
16.8
17.6
65
8
4
0
2
 
5
2003
186
87
16
16
84
0
7
0
2
 
5
2003
204
92
18
20
77
0
2
0
2
Chinese Name
Cruise Name
Web. Site
C
FN
Cap.
Len.
Wid.
S(m2)
Sta.C
Sin.C
D C
S
P.S
www.ccotc.com
4
1988
150
79
16
12.1
74
2
0
0
0
www.ccotc.com
4
1992
156
87.2
16
17.6
75
0
2
0
1
www.ccotc.com
4
1992
162
91.5
16
16.4
78
0
2
0
1
 
4
1994
98
69
13.5
12
49
0
0
0
0
 
4
1995
160
92
16.5
16
78
0
0
0
2
 
4
1993
164
92
16.5
19
80
0
0
0
2
 
4
1994
168
91.8
16.8
22.8
81
0
0
3
0
 
4
1990
98
76
13.8
12
49
0
0
0
0
 
4
1992
130
86.8
16.4
17.6
59
6
0
0
0
 
4
1997
152
91.3
16.4
16.7
72
2
0
3
0
 
4
1984
154
84.6
16.4
11.6
66
0
8
2
0
 
4
1994
142
81
14
10
67
0
3
2
0
 
4
2003
126
75.6
13
12
63
0
2
0
0
 
4
2003
126
75.6
13
12
63
0
2
0
0
 
4
1996
104
76.1
13.8
15
52
0
2
0
1
北斗
Star Dipper
www.yangtze-river-travel.com
4
1994
174
87.2
16
18
78
2
7
0
0
总统一号
President 1
  
4
1995
150
90
16.8
17.6
65
8
4
0
2
女王
Queen
  
4
1995
172
87.2
16
18
73
5
7
0
2
长江王子
Yangtze Princess
  
4
1995
174
87.2
16
18
78
2
7
0
0
Chinese Name
Cruise Name
Web. Site
C
FN
Cap.
Len.
Wid.
S(m2)
Sta.C
Sin.C
D C
S
P.S
www.ccotc.com
3
1985
176
79
16
12.5
83
0
5
0
0
www.ccotc.com
3
1987
152
79
16
12.5
72
0
4
0
0
www.ccotc.com
3
1986
168
79
16
11.5
82
0
2
0
0
www.ccotc.com
3
1985
160
79
16
12
78
0
2
0
0
www.ccotc.com
3
1984
134
79
15.8
14.1
67
0
0
0
0
www.ccotc.com
3
1985
136
79
15.8
14.4
66
0
2
0
0
 
3
1994
88
66.5
12.8
10
42
0
2
0
0
 
3
1996
104
76
13.8
12
50
0
0
2
0
 
3
1995
112
67.3
12.4
10
54
0
0
2
0
Chinese Name