Tansa

Tansa, a small river whose valley has been, at a point 65 miles N. of Bombay, impounded by the largest masonry dam in the world, for the water-supply of Bombay. The embankment, a little short of two miles long, is 118 feet high and 100 feet thick at the bottom, and contains over 11,000,000 cubic feet of masonry—all solid stone. The area of the dam is about 8 square miles, and the water-supply is equal to about 100,000,000 gallons per day. The works kept on an average from 9000 to 12,000 workpeople engaged for 5½ years; and the water was turned on by the viceroy, 31st March 1892.