masonry dam
{{Short description|Type of dam}}
Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry{{snd}}mainly stone and brick, sometimes joined with mortar.{{cite web|title=Masonry Dam|url=http://www.ecologydictionary.org/MASONRY_DAM|website=EcologyDictionary.org|accessdate=27 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134100/http://www.ecologydictionary.org/MASONRY_DAM|url-status=dead}} They are either the gravity or the arch-gravity type. The largest masonry dam in the World is Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in India.{{cite web|title=Nagarjuna Sagar Dam|url=http://guntur.nic.in/nagarjuna_sagar.html|website=Guntur District National Informatics Centre|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=27 December 2014}}
Visual examples
Image:Roosevelt Dam original masonry.jpg|The original Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona
Image:New Croton Dam from below.jpg|New Croton Dam in New York
Image:Artouste-dam1.JPG|The Artouste Dam in France
Image:NagarjunaSagarDam.JPG|The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in India is the largest masonry dam in the world