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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Burgundy

Avallon

Chastellux-Sur-Cure

Crescent Dam

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Burgundy

Avallon

Chastellux-Sur-Cure

Crescent Dam

Crescent Dam

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    1. Crescent Dam – Historic Climb to Avallon loop from Domecy-sur-Cure

    46.7km

    02:19

    680m

    Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    August 3, 2023

    The Crescent dam was built between 1929 and 1932. Gravity dam type, it extends over 330m long for a height of 37 meters, width at the base of 24m and at the crest of 3.50m. Initiative of the SA Compagnie HydroElectrique de la Cure and property of the City of Paris until 1946, the dam was built to regulate the waters of the Yonne and the Seine and thus avoid floods in Paris, also producing electricity. 165ha of cultivated land, hamlets, mills and paths were flooded to create the reservoir (max. 40m deep), taken from four municipalities and two departments, fed by the Cure and the Chalaux. The work was partly financed as war reparations owed by Germany to France at the end of the First World War. This is also why a large part of the mechanisms of the dam is of German manufacture.

    The road to cross it is narrow and offers passage for only one vehicle. Fortunately, there is very little traffic...

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      Location: Chastellux-Sur-Cure, Avallon, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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