Meraldene Dam

The Meraldene Dam, or Barrage Meraldene, is an embankment dam located at 3 km (2 mi) southwest of Thénia on the Meraldene River in Boumerdès Province within Kabylia in Algeria.[1][2]

This article is about Meraldene. For other uses, see Meraldene (disambiguation).

Meraldene Dam
Meraldene Dam
Official nameBarrage Meraldene
CountryAlgeria
LocationMeraldene, Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Kabylia
Coordinates36.7126657°N 3.5469341°E / 36.7126657; 3.5469341
Construction began24 May 2011
Opening date26 February 1913
Built byAuguste Schneider
Designed byHenri Chauzy
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, rock-fill clay core
ImpoundsMeraldene River

Construction

The design of this project was entrusted to the engineer-architect Henri Chauzy who had his office located in Algiers.[3][4]

The project for the realization of this hydraulic structure was approved on 24 May 1911 in order to carry out the water supply of the Meraldene River as well as the construction of the dam itself.[5][6]

It was Auguste Schneider, a contractor based in Thénia at the time, who carried out the work on this dam until its final acceptance.[7][8]

This hydraulic dam was approved on 26 February 1913 for its use in the city of Thénia and in the railway station of the same city.[9]

Indeed, this city created in 1872 required for its development and its economic development that there be a significant supply of fresh water, often difficult to achieve through wells and natural water sources.[10]

  • Meraldene Dam
  • Meraldene Dam
  • Meraldene Dam
  • Meraldene Ravin.
  • Khachna Massif

See also

References
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  7. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55994493/f2.item.r=Auguste+Schneider+Menerville.zoom
  8. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55982300/f6.item.r=Auguste+Schneider+Menerville.zoom
  9. <%= titre.contenu.description%> (1911-05-07). "Journal général de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie : affiches algériennes et tunisiennes : organe de la propriété foncière et des intérêts économiques... | 1911-05-07" (in French). Gallica. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  10. <%= titre.contenu.description%> (1911-05-10). "Les Nouvelles : journal quotidien du soir | 1911-05-10" (in French). Gallica. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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