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In 1933 a state-controlled company was formed in France with the object of undertaking the planning and execution of extensive development works on the Rhône. Of these Génissiat works, the Génissiat dam and Dam power station are the most important. Started in
February 1937, the construction of the
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The Génissiat dam is a powerful structure, 360 feet high and 470 feet wide, which locks the Rhône near the town of
Bellegarde and stores more than two billion cubic feet of water. With this water, 5 generators of 90,000 H.P. produce 1,700 million kWh. annually. The structure, which was started in
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on the Upper Rhône (with no lock) in 1948, designed to meet the electricity needs of Paris, twelve hydroelectric plants and locks were built between 1964 and 1980. With a total head of 162 m (531 ft), they produce 13 GWh of electricity annually, or 16% of the country's total
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and in the relatively narrow first diversion canal south of Lyon. The 12 locks are operated daily from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. All operation is centrally controlled from one control centre at Châteauneuf. Commercial barges may navigate during the night hours by authorisation.
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1544:, sailing barges, 30 by 3.5 metres (98 by 11 ft), with a 75-tonne (165,000 lb) capacity. As many as 50 to 80 horses were employed to haul trains of five to seven craft upstream. Goods would be transshipped at Arles into 23-metre (75 ft) sailing barges called
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in 1783. Regular services were not started until 1829 and they continued until 1952. Steam passenger vessels 80 to 100 metres (260–330 ft) long made up to 20 km/h (11 kn) and could do the downstream run from Lyon to Arles in a day. Cargo was hauled in
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marks another French-Swiss border. Between the Morge and
Hermance, the lake is divided by the two countries along its centreline, with the left bank in France. The remainder of the lake is Swiss, including the entire right (north) bank. Here, the tributaries are the
1575:(CNR) was established to improve navigation and generate electricity, also to develop irrigated agriculture and to protect the riverside towns and land from flooding. Some progress was made in deepening the navigation channel and constructing scouring walls, but
1568:, a huge toothed "claw"wheel 6.5 metres (21 ft) across to grip the river bed in the shallows to supplement the paddle wheels. In the 20th century, powerful motor barges propelled by diesel engines were introduced, carrying 1,500 tonnes (3,300,000 lb).
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In 1948, the French government started construction of a series of dams and diversion canals, with a navigation lock beside the hydroelectric power plant on each of these canals. The locks were up to 23 metres (75 ft) deep. After building the
2128:, swisswine.ch. ("Valais is Switzerland's largest wine producer. It is renowned for its sunny and dry microclimate. The vineyards line the north slopes of the Rhone valley, rising up narrow, steep terraces and overlooked by snow covered peaks.")
1608:, but this project was abandoned in 1997. In the period from 2005 to 2010, navigation locks of small barge dimensions (40 by 6 m) were built to bypass the last two, forming a navigable waterway network with Lake Bourget, through the
2099:(2015 ed.). 1:50 000. National Map 1:50 000 – 78 sheets and 25 composites (in German). Cartography by Swiss Federal Office for Topography, swisstopo. Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Office for Topography, swisstopo. 2013.
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The Rhône is infamous for its strong current when the river carries large quantities of water: current speeds up to 10 km/h (6.2 mph) are sometimes reached, particularly in the stretch below the last lock at
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Navigation was difficult, as the river suffered from fierce currents, shallows, floods in spring and early summer when the ice was melting, and droughts in late summer. Until the 19th century, passengers travelled in
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dams in the 1980s: Sault-Brénaz, Brégnier-Cordon, Belley-Brens and
Chautagne. It also drew up plans for the high-capacity Rhine-Rhône Waterway, along the route of the existing
1537:(water coaches) drawn by men or horses, or under sail. Most travelled with a painted cross covered with religious symbols as protection against the hazards of the journey.
1001:, the longest affluent in Valais. After that, it flows onward through the valley which bears its name and runs initially in a westerly direction about thirty kilometers to
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1583:, Italian military forces occupied southeastern France up to the eastern banks of the Rhône, as part of the Italian Fascist regime's expansionist agenda.
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hydroelectric production (20% if the Upper Rhône schemes are added). There have been significant benefits for agriculture throughout the Rhône valley.
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There are few rivers with an abundant flow. Only three rivers have a mean discharge of more than 1000 m/s: the Nile (at Aswan), the Rhône and the Po.
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dam has now been completed and on
January 15th, 1948, was commenced the operation of filling the dam with water, which extended over six days.
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Before railroads and highways were developed, the Rhône was an important inland trade and transportation route, connecting the cities of
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A social, environmental, and technological history of the transformation of the river since 1945.
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634:"to run, roll" frequently found in river names).
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1501:tribes living near the Rhône included the
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2184:Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
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2238:Civil Engineering, Volume 43
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2436:Inland Waterways of France
2357:Revue de géographie alpine
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1768:) opposite
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1689:St. Maurice
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1624:Switzerland
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1269:Tributaries
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1057:Lake Geneva
959:Lake Geneva
825:Fos-sur-Mer
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483:Lake Geneva
384:Tributaries
294: /
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2462:Categories
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1794:Montélimar
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890:, via the
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799:Navigation
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279:43°19′51″N
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2188:ABC-CLIO
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1465:Gardon
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817:Vienne
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630:root *
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536:Valais
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1756:Isère
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1285:Vispa
1279:Massa
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888:Marne
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418:Saône
398:Isère
242:Mouth
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39:Rhine
2385:ISBN
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1800:and
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