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General Information

Other name(s): Barrage François Zola
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Arch dam
Function / usage: Fresh water dam

Location

Location: , , ,
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Impounds:
  • Infernet River
Near: Bimont Dam (1951)
Coordinates: 43° 31' 56.28" N    5° 30' 40.93" E
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Technical Information

Materials

arch masonry

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.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20004502
  • Published on:
    16/08/2002
  • Last updated on:
    29/07/2014
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