Power places
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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.
This content was published on February 9, 2011 - 09:17
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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