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| name = Dowleswaram Barrage
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| image = Dowleswaram Barrage.jpg
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| image_caption = Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage in [[Rajahmundry]]
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| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Dowleswaram]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| purpose = [[Irrigation]], [[water supply]]
| status = Operational
| construction_began = 1970
| opening = 1982
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| owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
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| dam_crosses = [[Godavari River]]
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[[File:Sunset View at Godavari.jpg|thumb|Sunset View at Dowleswaram Barrage]]
The '''Dowleswaram Barrage''' was an irrigation structure originally built in 1850 on the lower stretch of the [[Godavari River]] before it empties into the [[Bay of Bengal]]. It was rebuilt in 1970 when it was officially renamed as '''Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage''' or '''Godavari Barrage'''.<ref name = "wris">{{cite web|title=Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage / Godavari Barrage B00131|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Sir_Arthur_Cotton_Barrage_/Godavari_Barrage_B00131 |access-date=31 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135151/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Sir_Arthur_Cotton_Barrage_/Godavari_Barrage_B00131|archive-date=2018-12-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==

The Godavari River empties its water into the Bay of Bengal after flowing nearly fifty miles from the Dowleswaram Barrage. [[Rajahmundry]] is a city situated on the left bank of Godavari River. Upstream, where the river is divided into two streams; the Gautami to the left and the Vasistha to the right, forms the joining line between the West Godavari and the East Godavari districts. The dam alignment crosses two mid stream islands.

==Original Dowleswaram Barrage==

The original Dowleswaram Barrage (also spelled ''Dowlaisweram'' or ''Dowlaiswaram'') was built by a British irrigation engineer, [[Arthur Cotton|Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton]] and completed in 1850.<ref name="hope">{{cite book |last1=Hope |first1=Elizabeth |title=General Sir Arthur Cotton, R. E., K. C. S. I.: His Life and Work |year=1900 |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location=London |isbn=978-1444629965 |page=[https://archive.org/details/generalsirarthur01hope/page/120 120] |url=https://archive.org/details/generalsirarthur01hope |quote=dowleswaram. |access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref> The barrage was constructed in four sections, which allowed flood passage during the construction period. The Dowleswaram Barrage was 15 feet high and 3.5 km long.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Cotton's many projects averted famines and stimulated the economy of southern India. Before this [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] was constructed many hectares of land has been flooded with water and was unused. The water would be worthlessly going into sea. But when Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton had built the barrage those unused lands were brought into cultivation and the water was stored and used. The Cotton Museum was constructed on behalf of Cotton's memory. It is a tourist attraction in Rajahmundry.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==Modern Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage / Godavari Barrage==

In 1970, the barrage was heightened to 10.6 m. The reservoir has 3.12 [[Tmcft]] gross storage capacity and dead storage of 2.02 Tmcft at {{convert|40|ft|m|0}} [[Mean sea level|MSL]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==See also==
*[[List of dams and reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[List of dams and reservoirs in India]]
*[[Prakasam Barrage]]
*[[Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Hydrography of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Godavari basin}}
{{Godavari River dams}}
[[Category:Dams on the Godavari River]]
[[Category:Tidal barrages]]
[[Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in East Godavari district]]
[[Category:Transport in East Godavari district]]
[[Category:1850 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1850]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1970]]

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