Silver dam

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Silver dam
Silbertalsperre 2018.jpg
Location: Oberbergischer Kreis
Tributaries: Schevelinger Bach
Larger places nearby: Wipperfürth
Silbertalsperre (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Silver dam
Coordinates 51 ° 8 '3 "  N , 7 ° 25' 57"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '3 "  N , 7 ° 25' 57"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1938-1941
Height above valley floor: 15 m
Height above foundation level : 22 m
Height of the structure crown: 310.00 m
Building volume: 52,000 m³
Crown length: 150 m
Crown width: 4 m
Slope slope on the air side : 1: 1.75
Slope slope on the water side : 1: 1.75
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 307.80 m
Water surface 8 hadep1
Storage space 0.3 million m³
Total storage space : 0.33 million m³
Catchment area 10.62 km²
Design flood : 10 m³ / s

The Silbertalsperre (also Schevelinger Dam ) is located between the villages of Hönnige and Kreuzberg in the northeast of Wipperfürth in North Rhine-Westphalia , Oberbergischer Kreis . The Schevelinger Bach is dammed.

Central shield of the Silbertalsperre

It is a drinking water reservoir with a capacity of only 300,000 m³ of water. It was built from 1938 to 1941 and belongs to the silver, Neye and Eschbachtalsperre of the Wupperverband. An underground tunnel leads from the Silbertalsperre to the Neyetalsperre, which in turn is connected to the Eschbachtalsperre in Remscheid and the neighboring Bevertalsperre . Together the Silbertalsperre, Bevertalsperre, Neyetalsperre and the Mühlenteich Wasserfuhr form the so-called Bever block .

The dam is a rubble dam with an asphalt concrete outer seal.

The main aim of the barrier is to purify the water collected from the catchment area by settling the pollutants and suspended matter.

The surrounding hiking trail is 1.7 km long.

See also

literature

  • Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: Dams in the Federal Republic of Germany. Published by the National Committee for Large Dams in the Federal Republic of Germany (DNK) and the German Association for Water Management and Cultural Building eV (DVWK). Systemdruck-GmbH, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0 .

Web links

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