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Structure-ID: s0003865
Created on: 22/06/02
Modified on: 06/07/05


Monteynard Dam

Barrage de Monteynard
Built: 1955 - 1962
Status: in use
Location: Monteynard, Isère (38), Rhône-Alpes, France
Impounds: Drac River
Dam of Monteynard - 09/2009
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Structural Type:
Arch dam
Function / usage:
Hydroelectric dam
Part of: Aménagement hydraulique du Drac

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect A. Chomel
  Fonterne
  Pouradier-Duteil

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Electricité de France
Design Coyne & Bellier
Co-contractor CITRA
  Fougerolle
  SGE Société Générale d'Entreprises

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
dam structure  concrete
Dimensions
  height 153.00 m
  retained water volume 275.00 hm3
  crest length 230.00 m
  crest thickness 5.00 m
  base thickness 20.00 m
  dam volume 457 000 m3

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External LinkGéol-Alp: Géologie de la basse vallée du Drac - Monteynard - Commiers French
External LinkMinistère de l'Industrie: Barrage de Monteynard French

Relevant Literature
* Conte, J.   Aménagement du Drac: Le Drac - Le barrage-usine de Monteynard. L'aménagement de Saint-Georges-de-Commiers - Champ II, in "Travaux", May 1961, n. 319 .
* Marrey, Bernard   Guide Rhône-Alpes de l'architecture du XXème siècle (1914-2003), Editions A. et J. Picard, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708407244, 2004; pp. 157.
* Tavernier, M.   Quelques réflexions sur le barrage de Monteynard, in "Travaux", March 1968, n. 396 .

 
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