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Lago di Ortiglieto

Lago di Ortiglieto

Artificial lake in Liguria, Piemonte

Lago di Ortiglieto is a reservoir in northwest Italy which straddles the Metropolitan City of Genoa in Liguria, and the Province of Alessandria in Piedmont.

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History

Lago di Ortiglieto reservoir was firstly designed in 1906 by ing. Zunini and was built from 1917 to 1925 by a company of Genoa named Officine Elettriche Genovesi. There were two dams, the higher of 45 metres (bric Zerbino dam) and another one of 15 metres (Diga della Sella Zerbino). After a period of heavy rains of August 1935 the sella Zerbino dam crashed, generating a flood of the Orba which caused 111 dathts, mainly in the Ovada area.[2] Nowadays Ortiglieto lake is much smaller than in the past and there is only one dam. 44°34′09″N 8°36′14″E

References

  1. [1]
    "Carta tecnica regionale su Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000". geoportale.regione.liguria.it. Regione Liguria. 2011.
  2. [2]
    Daniela Prato. In settanta alla camminata in ricordo delle 111 vittime del crollo della diga di Molare, article from "La Stampa – Alessandria" of 13 August 2015.

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