Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Verzasca valley. Empty reservoir of the Verzasca dam. A Swiss german teenager boy on holiday with his family stands on the old road which is normally under the water. The boy comes from the canton of Appenzell and wears a green hat with two cow’s horns. The reservoir is dried due to the first renovation works since dam’s construction (60 years ago). The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River. The dam is 220...
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Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Verzasca valley. Empty reservoir of the Verzasca dam. A Swiss german teenager boy on holiday with his family stands on the old road which is normally under the water. The boy comes from the canton of Appenzell and wears a green hat with two cow’s horns. The reservoir is dried due to the first renovation works since dam’s construction (60 years ago). The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River. The dam is 220 metres high by 380 metres in length. It creates the Vogorno lake, a water surface area of 1.68 km2, and supports the 105 MW Verzasca hydroelectric power station. The dam was constructed between 1961 and 1965. The reservoir is empty because Verzasca SA technicians must, among other things, renew the protection against corrosion in the shaft under the lake. The concrete walls of the expansion chamber also need to be renovated. 22.01.22 © 2022 Didier Ruef
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