Salime reservoir
| Salime Reservoir | |
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View of the reservoir
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 Location of the Salime reservoir in Asturias
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| Country | Spain |
| Location | Grandas de Salime, Asturias |
| Coordinates | 43°14′10″N 6°50′52″W / 43.23611°N 6.84778°WCoordinates: 43°14′10″N 6°50′52″W / 43.23611°N 6.84778°W |
| Construction began | 1948 |
| Opening date | 1954 |
| Owner(s) | Saltos del Navia en Comunidad |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity dam |
| Impounds | Navia River |
| Height | 125.67 m (412.3 ft) |
| Length | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Dam volume | 645,000 m3 (844,000 cu yd) |
| Spillways | 1 main |
| Spillway capacity | 1,658 m3/s (58,600 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Salime Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 266.3 hm3 (215,900 acre·ft) |
| Catchment area | 1,806 km2 (697 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 685 ha (1,690 acres) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 4x 32MW Francis |
| Installed capacity | 128 MW |
| Annual generation | 350,000,000 KWh |
Salime Reservoir is a reservoir in Asturias, Spain across the Navia River. It is the third reservoir built in this river after Arbón and Doiras.
It is formed by a 128 meters high Gravity dam and it is located at the confluence of the municipalities of Pesoz, Grandas de Salime and Allande. The road AS-14 runs over the dam. The occupied area by the reservoir is 685 ha between Grandas de Salime and Ibias in Asturias and Negueira de Muñiz in Lugo.
The dam serves mainly to generate hydroelectric power, but it is also used for recreational uses.
The idea of building a power station in the zone started in 1940 in the location where Narciso Hernández Vaquero planned originally.
Immediately after the World War II, the project, made by the architect Joaquin Vaquero Palacios, and the construction started. For paying the works, the companies Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico and Electra de Viesgo created the company Saltos del Navia en Comunidad, endorsed by Banco Urquijo, whose office prepared the technical reports.
The works started in 1946, being necessary to divert the river. For that purpose, a tunnel of 30,725 m3 was dug. 11,789 m3 of concrete were used to coat it.
The supply of materials was made by a 36 km cable car that reached the port of Navia. Four villages were also built to host more than 3,500 workers.
The dam was built between 1948 and 1953 with 630,000 m3 of concrete with slopes of 5% upstream and 72% downstream. The height above the foundation was 132 meters, so that once stood as the largest dam of Spain and second in Europe.
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