Vajont Dam
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vajont-dam-204-7030762
title:
Vajont Dam
text:
The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of 262 m (860 ft). It is in the valley of the Vajont (river) under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, 100 km (62 mi) north of Venice. The dam was conceived in the 1920s and eventually built between 1957 and 1960 by Società Adriatica di Elettricità, at the time the electricity supply and distribution monopoly in northeastern Italy. The engineer was
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Disused gravity arch dam in Erto e Casso, Italy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam
date created:
2004-05-25T15:42:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T04:22:26Z
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