Grande Dixence Dam (Valais, Suisse)

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE :

Check out this amazing drone video of Europe's tallest dam, compliments of contributor Kpax.  It's called the Grande Dixence Dam, and it's in the Valais canton in the southwestern part of the country.  Fed by Lake Dix, he concrete gravity dam stands 285 meters (just over 975 ft.) tall.  Commissined in 1965 after 15 years of construction, the dam provides about 2GW of electrical power.  In addition to being the tallest dam in Europe, it's the world's tallest gravity dam and the fifth tallest overall.

  • over 4 years ago
  • 450 VŪZ
  • 8
  • 8
  • Report

BADGES THIS VIDEO HAS EARNED: