Infiernillo Dam
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El Infiernillo is a large dam in Mexico. The name Infiernillo means " Little Hell". It also bears the name " Presa Adolfo Lopez Mateos " after the former President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos. It is located about 70 kilometers from La Tzararacua located in the municipality Arteaga in the states of Michoacan and Guerrero, and in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
The dam is more than 100 kilometers long. The rivers Río Río Balsas and Tepalcatepec ( Rio de las Balsas also ) be dammed here. The shut-off, a dam of earth materials is 175 meters high. ( There are other details of 140 or 150 meters. )
The dam was put into operation on 15 June 1964 and inaugurated in 1966. Your hydroelectric power plant was only in 1975 fully equipped. His performance was from 1963 first 675 MW, 1975 MW came in 1030 to 1705 MW together. El Infiernillo is one of four hydroelectric power plants in the state of Guerrero. The others are La Venta, La Villita and El Caracol.