Dam

* New World

**Dam** is a Monument which generates electricity, providing it to buildings placed within the dam's range. It requires  New World Rising DLC, it can be built only in the New World and only in a specific spot on Manola, the continental island located in the northern part of the region; the dam cannot be relocated or demolished. Like other monuments it is built over several stages, with each stage taking time to complete and requiring specific resources and workforce during every construction phase.

Upon completion, the dam has maintenance cost and requires workforce, in exchange generating electricity on Manola. The electricity is provided to buildings that have a street connection with the dam. While the dam's street range is extremely high in comparison to power stations, it is not infinite and the way how streets are laid out might decide whether buildings further away from the dam would have access to electricity.

## Construction

The construction of the Dam is divided into three stages. Unlike many other monuments, the location of the dam is already predetermined and therefore there is no need to place the foundations. All three stages are built over time and require specific amounts of construction materials and workforce. Materials need to be delivered to the construction site so the dam has to be connected to a warehouse or trading post.

When there is not enough free workforce available, the construction can still be continued but at a slower pace, requiring more time to complete the current phase. Workforce can be mobilised to focus on the monument construction, thus shifting the lack of workforce to other buildings that utilise the same workforce type, resulting in lower productivity of those buildings.

### Phase 1/3: Foundations

* Unlock condition: 4000  Artistas
* 60  timber
* 90  bricks
* 600  jornalero workforce
* 30:00 Minutes

### Phase 2/3: Structure

* 150  bricks
* 150  steel beams
* 900  obrero workforce
* 30:00 Minutes

### Phase 3/3: Engineering

* 150  windows
* 150  reinforced concrete
* 1500  obrero workforce
* 30:00 Minutes

## Productivity

Dam generates electricity without any input, unlike the power station. Productivity cannot be changed by adjusting working conditions or using items, the only exception is Hall of Collective Property item but lowered productivity from that item has no benefit since the dam requires no input.

If there is not enough workforce available, the dam still functions normally, having the same range. The dam stops providing electricity only when available workforce is lower than half of the required amount.

## Providing electricity

*For more information, see: Electricity.*

Electricity provided by the dam can be used in several ways. One of them is to fulfill the basic need for electricity of  Artistas living in  Hacienda Artista Quarters. Another purpose is to increase productivity of various production buildings, multifactories etc. - when electrified their productivity is increased by +100% and their horse carts turn into trucks which transport and load/unload goods much faster. Some buildings, including some production buildings, require electricity and cannot properly function without it.

While the dam has enough obrero workforce, it provides electricity to other buildings. Like in case of public buildings, the dam can affect only those buildings which are connected to it by roads and are placed within its range. Its range (dark green) is ? tiles for  dirt roads and ? tiles for  paved streets.

## Items

Some items when equipped in trade unions can have an impact on the dam.

## Screenshots

The monument construction menu for the first phase of the Dam before starting the constructionThe monument construction menu for the first phase of the Dam during the construction processThe monument construction menu for the first phase of the Dam after the phase is completedThe monument construction menu for the second phase of the Dam before starting the constructionThe monument construction menu for the second phase of the Dam during the construction processThe monument construction menu for the second phase of the Dam after the phase is completeThe monument construction menu for the third phase of the Dam before starting the constructionThe monument construction menu for the third phase of the Dam during the construction processThe monument construction menu for the third phase of the Dam after the phase is completed