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Kermeterstollen valve house at the Urftsee

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Kermeterstollen valve house at the Urftsee

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Kermeterstollen valve house at the Urftsee

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    October 26, 2020

    The Kermeter tunnel was built at the beginning of the 20th century and directs the water from the Urftsee into the power station near Heimbach-Hasenfeld, where electricity is still generated from hydropower today. Here you can see the above-ground valve house, which dates back to 1905, but has since been replaced by a modern valve.

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      May 23, 2020

      The Heimbach power plant [komoot.de/highlight/176913] is supplied with water from the Urftsee through the Kermeter tunnel. At the maximum water level in the Urftsee, the drop of the water reaches 110 m up to the turbines, an unusually high potential in the low mountain range.

      More info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermeterstollen

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        Great round to Urftseemauer🚴♂️

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          Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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