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La Jourdanie

France

La Jourdanie is a barrage and hydroelectric power station on the River Tarn in Broquiès in Aveyron, southern France. The barrage was built in 1932, and the station has two Kaplan turbines and two helical turbines generating 18 megawatts (24, 000 hp). The dam is 145 metres (476 ft) long and 17 metres (56 ft) high.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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