Type artificial lake Primary outflows Orba Surface elevation 296 m Inflow source Orba | Primary inflows Basin countries Italy Outflow location Orba | |
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Built 1917 (1917) - 1925 (1925) | ||
Lago di Ortiglieto is an artificial lake in north-west Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa (in Liguria) and Alessandria (in Piedmont).
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Map of Lago di Ortiglietto, Italy
History
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. Nowadays Ortiglieto lake is much smaller tha in the past and there is only one dam.
References
Lago di Ortiglieto Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA