The Ming Tombs Reservoir or the Shisanling Reservoir (十三陵水库) is a dam in Changping District of northern Beijing, China. Named for the Ming tombs nearby, it is the lower reservoir of the Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station . The earth-fill embankment dam is 29 metres (95 ft) high and 627 metres (2,057 ft) long. The dam creates a reservoir that can store 59,000,000 cubic metres (2.083565337 × 10 cu ft) of water and contains a controlled chute spillway .
5-642: The Ming Tombs Reservoir was built in only four months by hundreds of thousands of workers who labored around the clock. In 2008, the reservoir was one of the nine temporary venues of the Beijing Olympics . It was used for the Triathlon events at the 2008 Summer Olympics , during which it was known as the Triathlon Venue ( simplified Chinese : 铁人三项赛场 ; traditional Chinese : 鐵人三項賽場 ; pinyin : Tiěrén Sānxiàng Sàichǎng ). During its construction,
10-537: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Summer Olympics venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2008 Summer Olympic venues For the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , a total of thirty-seven venues were used. Events took place at eleven pre-existing venues, twelve new venues constructed for the Olympics, and eight temporary venues that were removed following
15-704: The Beijing venues for the games. Approximately RMB¥ 13 billion ( US$ 1.9 billion) was spent to build and renovate the venues. Several venues were located at the Olympic Green Olympic Park. The largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity was the Beijing National Stadium , also known as the Bird's Nest, which had a capacity of 91,000 at the time and was the site for the opening and closing ceremonies. The smallest venue in terms of seating capacity
20-557: The games. In addition, six venues outside Beijing hosted events, two of which were newly built for the Olympics. Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Olympics on 13 July 2001. The first new venues to begin construction were the Beijing National Stadium , Beijing National Aquatics Center , Beijing Shooting Range Hall , and the Laoshan Velodrome , where major work commenced in December 2003. By May 2007, construction had begun at all of
25-409: The project attracted writers and artists from nearby Beijing. The Ming Tombs Reservoir's development was represented in photography, music, literature and film. French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson also documented the construction in color photography. This 2008 Olympics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a China sports venue
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