General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch dam |
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| Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant |
| Material: |
Concrete dam |
Location
| Location: |
Erto e Casso, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Longarone, Belluno, Veneto, Italy |
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| Impounded: |
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| Coordinates: | 46° 16' 1" N 12° 19' 46" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 261.60 m | |
| retained water volume | 150 000 000 m³ | |
| crest length | 190.15 m | |
| crest thickness | 3.40 m | |
| base thickness | 22.11 m |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 360 000 m³ |
Materials
| dam structure |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 9 October 1963, 22:39 | 260 million cubic meters of rock and mud slide into to the lake. 50 million cubic meters of water form two gigantic waves that run up- and downstream. The water runs over the dam in a 160 meter high wave overrunning the villages of Longarone, Castellavazzo, Erto, Casso and others, killing 1917 people. The Dam at Vajont remains unmanaged. |
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Participants
Design
- Carlo Semenza (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1962): L'aménagement de la vallée de la Piave, (en Italie du Nord) le barrage du Vaiont. In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 38, n. 9-10 (September 1962), pp. 306-320.
- (2000): Der fliegende See. Chronik einer angekündigten Katastrophe. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek (Germany), pp. 203.
- (1986): Le glissement catastophique de Vaïont à la lumière du Séminaire de Purdue University, 5 août 1985. In: Travaux, n. 607 (February 1986), pp. 62.
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20001119 - Published on:
28/10/2000 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
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