Tignes dam
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 29 ′ 30 " N , 6 ° 55 ′ 30" E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | 1948-1952 | ||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 160 m | ||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 180 or 181 m | ||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 1792 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 0.632 million m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 296 or 375 m | ||||||
| Crown width: | 10 m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 380 MW | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Water surface | 2.74 km² | ||||||
| Storage space | 230 million m³ | ||||||
| Catchment area | 171 km² | ||||||
| Design flood : | 280 m³ / s | ||||||
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The Tignes dam (French "Barrage du Chevril") is a dam near the winter sports resort Tignes in France in the Savoie department . It dams the Isère to the “Lac du Chevril”, in which in 1952 the old village of Tignes disappeared.
The dam has a 180 or 181 m high arch dam as a barrier structure. At the time of its construction it was the largest arch dam in Europe. The designer was André Coyne .
To commemorate the old village of Tignes, a monument was erected on the shores of Lac du Chevril in 2003 to mark the 50th anniversary of the dam. It shows a proud young woman in traditional clothing looking over the water. The statue is by Livio Benedetti and stands for “Semper Vivens” (Latin for “always alive”).
On the dam wall there is a now largely faded fresco known as Géant de Tignes showing Heracles .
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
