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Usine hydro-électrique

Jouques, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Parements extérieurs ; portique ou pont-levant (cad. A 1738) : inscription par arrêté du 21 juillet 1989
Protection dates
1989/07/21 : inscrit MH
Type
centrale hydroélectrique
Main period of construction
3e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1959
Architect or builder
CROZET Jean (architecte)
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public de l'État
Commune
Jouques
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.68098, 5.65683
Mérimée reference
PA00081501

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "123 Aix." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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L'une des vingt-deux centrales de l'aménagement hydroélectrique des bassins de la Durance et du Verdon pendant les années 1950, cette centrale est dessinée par l'architecte Jean Crozet pour EDF. Elle est mise en service en 1959. L'usine, adossée au relief, est du type dit "à toit ouvrant" avec portique extérieur de 120 tonnes de force, circulant au-dessus de la salle des machines. Celle-ci abrite trois turbines de type Kaplan, trois alternateurs triphasés et trois transformateurs triphasés.

English translation

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One of twenty-two power stations in the hydroelectric development of the Durance and Verdon basins during the 1950s, this power station was designed by architect Jean Crozet for EDF. It was put into service in 1959. The factory, set against the relief, is of the type known as "open-roof" with external gantry of 120 tonnes lifting capacity, circulating above the machine room. The latter houses three Kaplan turbines, three three-phase alternators and three three-phase transformers.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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