Lake Gurzia (sometimes also called Lake Vidracco or Lake Vistrorio) is an artificial lake basin originating from the dam of the Chiusella stream just downstream from the confluence with its main tributary, the Savenca. It is located at an altitude of 432 m between the municipalities of Vidracco and Vistrorio, both in the province of Turin.
The reservoir has a roughly rhomboid shape with the largest diagonal oriented in the south-west / north-east direction. On the hydrographic right it is dominated by the municipal center of Vidracco, which extends parallel to the stretch of water around 470 m of altitude; the opposite bank is flanked for almost its entire length by the SP 64 of Valchiusella. The banks of the basin are for the most part tree-lined and rather steep except in the upstream area. The structure of the present dam dates back to 1922; it is a simple arch dam 50 meters high, given in concession to Enel Produzione S.p.A. for hydroelectric use. The potted volume is 1.26 million cubic meters.
The dam has foundations that rest on a substrate formed by a Pleistocene moraine belonging to the morainic Amphitheater of Ivrea. The waters of the lake flow into the gorge located downstream of the same with a high waterfall that becomes spectacular when the stream is rich in water. An underground pipeline feeds the underlying Ponte Preti hydroelectric plant, located in the municipality of Strambinello. The plant has two generation groups for a power of 6.2 MW and uses a water flow of 3.2 m³ / s with a head of 132 m. The power plant is one of the oldest in Italy, as its construction began in 1888
DJI Stephen Posted at 9-23 20:06
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