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Borchêne Dam

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Borchêne Dam

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Borchêne Dam

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Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Limbourg, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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3. Wooden Footbridge Over Stream – View of the Gileppe Dam loop from Foyr

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Christian 🚴‍♂️🚶‍♂️

March 9, 2021

The construction of the Borchène dam is linked to the transport of water from Gileppe to Verviers. The option of building a dam can be explained by the urgency which shook the industrial world of Verviers, impatient to finally receive the long-awaited water. You should know that two valves allow water to be taken from the Borchène. These can therefore be sent directly into the covered channel. This is what happened in November 1872 because the connection with Gileppe was not yet operational. It will be in 1875. This water capture does not last long, however; following a complaint from local residents, the town of Verviers stopped this “diversion”. In 1898, after a typhus epidemic due to water pollution, the floodgates were permanently closed. The small lake retained its rural character for more than a century and became a swimming pool and a fishing spot.
In 2019 the dam underwent a cleaning and restoration process which brought out the beauty of the large limestone stones. They were doing great work in the 1870s! And solid!

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Peter 🥾🐾🌲

February 9, 2025

In 1872 the Borchêne dam was inaugurated to supply Verviers industries with water, five years before the Gileppe dam was built. In 1897, after a typhoid fever epidemic in Verviers, the sluice gates were permanently closed, since then this lake has long been used for swimming and fishing.

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Peter 🥾🐾🌲

February 9, 2025

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Borchêne Dam

1. Gileppe Dam – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Foyr

2. Gileppe Aqueduct – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Limbourg

3. Wooden Footbridge Over Stream – View of the Gileppe Dam loop from Foyr

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