Talarn_Dam

Talarn Dam

Talarn Dam

Concrete gravity dam on the Noguera Pallaresa River in Catalonia, Spain

Talarn Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Noguera Pallaresa River, a tributary of the Ebro River, north of Tremp near Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. The dam is 206 meters long and 82 meters high and supplies a hydro-electric station with an output of 30 MW.[1]

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Construction of the dam began in 1913, a huge undertaking needing ten million cubic feet of concrete. It was part of a larger project to build dams to store water in reservoirs to feed powerplants and to provide irrigation for farming.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Embalse des Talarn". Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  2. [2]
    "Pearson, Frederick Stark". Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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