The structure, which serves for irrigation and flood control, also functions as a hydroelectric power plant and includes two control passages, the gate and power house with a Francis spiral turbine (750 kW), and two bottom outlets.
Source: wannenwetsch-hdw.de/projekte-referenzen/talsperre-poehl-sachsen

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