Roselend Dam

The Roselend Dam stretches 804 meters in length and rises 150 meters high, forming a concrete structure at an elevation of 1575 meters in the French Alps.

Construction of the dam commenced in 1955, employing 1000 workers who operated continuously until its completion in 1962, utilizing 942,368 cubic meters of concrete.

The construction necessitated the relocation of the Chapelle Ste Marie Madeleine and submerged the original hamlet of Roselend along with six mountain pastures in 1960.

The dam supplies the La Bâthie power station through a 13-kilometer penstock system, generating electricity with six Pelton turbine-generators rated at 91 megawatts each.

The reservoir created by the dam stores 187 million cubic meters of water, utilizing a 1,250-meter hydraulic head for power generation at La Bâthie station.

Location: Beaufort

Inception: 1962

Creator: André Coyne

Elevation above the sea: 1,575 m

Height: 150 m

Length: 804 m

Made from material: concrete

Operator: EDF

Part of: Aménagement de Roselend - La Bâthie

Address: Barrage de Roselend, 73270 Beaufort, France 73270 Beaufort

GPS coordinates: 45.68333,6.61667

Latest update: June 25, 2025 20:56