Three Gorges dam opens to public
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Updated: 2005-07-01 15:30

Wang Xizhou (R), 83, and his 79-year-old brother Wang Xifu (2nd R) look at the water rushing from the Three Gorges dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei province July 1, 2005. The dam opened to the public on Friday. Some 1,000 visitors a day, for the price of 68 yuan ($8) per person, are allowed to tour the dam, which blocks the Yangtze River. [newsphoto]

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