Gleno Dam

Gleno Dam
The Gleno Dam in 1923, shortly before its partial collapse
Gleno Dam is located in Italy
Gleno Dam
Location of Gleno Dam in Italy
Official nameDiga del Gleno
CountryItaly
Coordinates46°00′59″N 10°04′30″E / 46.01639°N 10.07500°E / 46.01639; 10.07500
StatusFailed, surviving structure standing
Construction began1916
Opening date1923
Demolition date1 December 1923
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsGleno River
Height43 m (141 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesGleno Reservoir
Total capacity4,500,000 m3 (3,648 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date1923
Decommission date1923
Installed capacity3,728 kW

The Gleno Dam was a multiple arch buttress dam on the Gleno Creek in the Valle di Scalve, northern Province of Bergamo, Italy. The dam was built between 1916 and 1923 with the purpose of producing hydroelectric power. The middle section of the dam collapsed on 1 December 1923, forty days after the reservoir was filled, causing widespread flooding that killed at least 356 people.[1]

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