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El Gasco Dam

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El Gasco Dam

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    1. Embalse de Valmayor – circular por trialeras desde Las Matas y Torrelodones

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    November 22, 2020

    Impressive construction from the end of the 18th century by the engineer Carlos Moure, of French origin, it was to be the main dam of the Guadarrama Canal, a project to link Madrid with the Atlantic by river, connecting with the Guadalquivir through more than 700 km.

    The project abandoned, the bank that financed it bankrupt, Moure committed suicide, leaving the works unfinished. Shortly after they suffered irreparable failures by a great storm. Its dimensions are impressive despite the fact that the project was to be even taller (there are barely 50 m of the 93 projected)

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      April 15, 2020

      Cultural and curious route because it passes through two very old dams in the community of Madrid. As are the unfinished Gasco Dam and by the old dam of the Aulencia river.

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        October 11, 2019

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          Location: Torrelodones, Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain

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