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Following the hydroelectric installation at the beginning of the 21st century, the water can be driven to the Dent de Nendaz turbined on the valley floor at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bieudron around the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0408-HDR-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0408-HDR-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0408-HDR-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0408-HDR-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0408-HDR-1024x682-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Built between 1953 &amp; 1961, the dam it strategically positioned at the narrow point of the valley, making the most of the rock outcrops that resisted the glacial erosion. Six million meters cubes of concrete fill the gap to block the natural course of the Dixence river. The reservoir, known as the Lac de Dix is 5km long. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0392-HDR-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0392-HDR-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0392-HDR-2-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0392-HDR-2-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0392-HDR-2-1024x682-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Upstream in the dry season one can still see the crown of the previous dam that was built in the 1930\u2019s and was flooded when the water was released for the Grande Dixence dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-225\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0443-HDR-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0443-HDR-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0443-HDR-1-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0443-HDR-1-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5DSR0443-HDR-1-1024x682-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The dam is masterpiece of civil engineering : 193m thick at its base reducing to 15m at the crown, following an arch 748m long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fed by dozens of catchments, over 100km of hand dug tunnels, transport the water from the surrounding valleys to 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