Flumenthal Dam

20th-century architecture in SwitzerlandDams completed in 1970Dams in Switzerland

The Flumenthal Dam is a regulating dam at Flumenthal, Switzerland, which was erected as the most important element of all the works of the Second Jura water correction. It was built to regulate the outflow of Seeland's three-lake hydrologic system as far downstream as Solothurn and the confluence with the river Emme River. It works in conjunction with the Regulating Dam Port at Seeland. The works started in 1966, and the dam and adjoining downstream hydroelectric power station were commissioned in 1970.

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Flumenthal Dam
Waldaustrasse, Bezirk Lebern

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