Keivan Bina - Faculty Member of KHAVARAN Institute of Higher Education Mashhad, Iran
M.Taghi Lotfi - Senior Structural Engineer, Hydropars Consulting Engineers, Mashhad, Iran

The remained traces of historical hydraulic structures are valuable capital that maintaining and introducing it to the world is a human duty. More over, many of these structures nowadays have an inevitable role in providing water, although its centuries that they are built. The historical dam, GOLESTAN in Iran is located in Mashhad city, which its historical background refers back to 500 years ago. This dam is a gravity dam with the final height of 21.5 meters from the river bed and the crest length of 130 meters.Repair of this dam always being taken into consideration for the purpose of paying attention to the valuable historical structure and Its maintenance for future generations, damage assessment and strengthening regarding the stability and seepage control, integrated planning and management for appropriate use of the plan and the periphery area for different purposes such as attracting tourists, providing domestic water supply, artificial recharge of the ground water table.In this article, the existing conditions related to GOLESTAN historical dam in Iran, it's strengthening and remedial scheme, including dam body and foundation and the appurtenant works is presented in detail

Cutoff Wall, GOLESTAN Dam, Repair, Remedy, Strengthening, Seepage, Stability Control, Stress, Waterproofing