Verzasca přehrada

Verzasca přehrada

The Verzasca Dam (aka Contra Dam) in Switzerland

Contra Dam = Verzasca Dam
Height     220 m (720 ft)

Verzasca river
Locarno Lake

Ascona
Bellinzona
Locarno
Lugano
Ticino

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellinzona

Grande Dixence

	Valais	285	695	Gravity	1961	Lac des Dix
Mauvoisin	Valais	250	520	Arch	1957	Lac de Mauvoisin
Luzzone	Ticino	225	600	Arch	1963	Lago di Luzzone
Contra (Verzasca Dam)	Ticino	220	380	Arch	1965	Lago di Vogorno

285 m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Dixence_Dam

250 m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauvoisin_Dam

225 m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_di_Luzzone
In the years 1997–1998, its height was increased by 17 m

https://structurae.net/structures/luzzone-dam


SwissDams.ch
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Map of major lakes and rivers of Switzerland

List of lakes of Switzerland

map of dams in switzerland
 

 

007's bungee jump tops best movie stunt poll

The opening scene of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye featured Bond jumping off the dam.
The stunt was performed by British stuntman Wayne Michaels.
The jump was voted as best movie stunt of all time in a 2002 Sky Movies poll.
The dam doubled as the fictional Arkhangelsk Chemical Weapons Facility located in the northern Soviet Union during the Cold War








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dam construction time lapse

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