Cingino Dam Explained

Cingino Dam
Name Official:Diga del Cingino
Location Map:Italy
Coordinates:46.0303°N 8.0381°W
Country:Italy
Location:Antrona Schieranco, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont
Construction Began:1925
Opening:1930
Dam Type:Gravity, masonry
Dam Height:49m (161feet)[1]

The Cingino Dam is a gravity masonry dam located 7km (04miles) southwest of Antrona Schieranco, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in Piedmont, Italy. The dam creates Lago Cingino (or Cingino reservoir) which is fed by the Antigine and Troncone streams. The reservoir has a surface area of 0.14km2 and is maximum 2262m (7,421feet) above sea level,[2] typically 2250m (7,380feet).[3] It is one of five reservoirs within a hydroelectric complex in the Valle Antrona and helps supply the Campliccioli Power Plant with water for power production.[4]

The dam became an internet sensation due to pictures of Alpine Ibex that climb up its steep downstream face in order to lick salt off the stones.[5] A video shared by the BBC's Forces of Nature with Brian Cox has been viewed over 208 million times as of May 2022.[6] Despite the picturesque setting, Atlas Obscura describes the dam as "otherwise unremarkable."[7]

Notes and References

  1. Gradient limits and safety factor of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) locomotion. Italian Journal of Mammalogy. Biancardi. Carlo Massimo. 28. Minetti. Alberto Enrico. 1. 10.4404/hystrix-28.1-11504. 2017. abstract. en. 1825-5272. free.
  2. Web site: Cingino. 2021-09-19. LIMNO Banca dati dei laghi italiani. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124410/http://www.ise.cnr.it/limno/schede/cingino.htm. 2019-12-06. dead. National Research Council (Italy). it.
  3. Web site: Dams and Power Plants of the Antrona Valley - cartina. pdf. 2017-03-06. 2021-09-19. Municipality of Antrona Schieranco. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918172236/https://www.comune.antronaschieranco.vb.it/en-us/download/cartina-2686-37-172-f2f2d2987939cbf42b41737fe9e3894e. 2021-09-18. live.
  4. Web site: Dams and Power Plants of the Antrona Valley. 2021-09-19. Municipality of Antrona Schieranco. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918170543/https://www.comune.antronaschieranco.vb.it/en-us/vivere-il-comune/cosa-vedere/dams-and-power-plants-of-the-antrona-valley-39803-1-d7a2db1ada086d98a3aa79d62e27ef1e. 2021-09-18. live.
  5. Web site: "Mind-Boggling" Pictures: Goats Scale Dam in Italy. 2010-11-01. 2021-09-19. National Geographic. Dell'Amore. Christine. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315093523/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/101101-ibex-goats-dam-italy-bighorn-sheep-wyoming-science. 2021-03-15. dead.
  6. Web site: The incredible ibex defies gravity and climbs a dam . 2016-07-12. BBC. YouTube. 2021-02-13.
  7. Web site: Goats of the Cinigo Dam . Atlas Obscura. 2021-02-17.

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