Power places

Griessee dam (canton Valais) Christian Helmle
Grande Dixence pipeline (canton Valais) Christian Helmle
Power lines in Nufenen (canton Valais/Ticino) Christian Helmle
Electricity substation in Innertkirchen (canton Bern) Christian Helmle
Zervreila dam (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle
Hydropower station at Mühleberg (canton Bern) Christian Helmle
Oelberg power station (canton Fribourg) Christian Helmle
Albbruck-Dogern reservoir (Rhine power station, Swiss-German border)
Albigna dam (Canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle
Zervreila power station (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle
Albanatscha underground substation (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle
Birsfelden hydropower plant (canton Basel Country) Christian Helmle

Switzerland's hydropower infrastructure takes many different architectural forms.

Some 60 per cent of Switzerland's energy is produced by water. Christian Helmle photographed the architecture of hydropower plants around the country.

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