General Information
| Other name(s): | Barrage François Zola |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch dam |
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| Function / usage: |
Fresh water dam |
Location
| Location: |
Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde, Bouches-du-Rhône (13), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Le Tholonet, Bouches-du-Rhône (13), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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| Impounds: |
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| Near: |
Bimont Dam (1951)
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| Coordinates: | 43° 31' 56.28" N 5° 30' 40.93" E |
Technical Information
Materials
| arch |
masonry
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Zola Dam is a dam in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence, France.
History
The dam was designed by Italian-born engineer François Zola, the father of novelist Émile Zola. Ist construction was initially rejected by Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet, the landowner, in 1838.
Zola founded the Société du Canal Zola in 1846 and began construction. However, he died in 1847, and the company was acquired by author and politician Jules Migeon in 1853. Meanwhile, the construction of the dam was completed on September 10, 1854, and dedicated on December 16, 1854.
The dam was painted by Paul Cézanne in the 1880s. The painting belonged to Paul Gauguin in 1885; it was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1918, who donated it to the National Museum Wales in 1952.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Zola Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- François Zola (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2005): Les barrages-réservoirs en France du milieu du XVIIIe siècle au début du XXe siècle. 1st edition, Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 177-191.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20004502 - Published on:
16/08/2002 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
