Centrale de la Bâtiaz
Case postale 391
1920 Martigny
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Visits to Emosson Dam
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Meeting place: in front of the turbine on Emosson square, near the restaurant
General Conditions
Visit in groups of 30 people maximum, only with reservation, lasts about 2 hours, price CHF 300.-
For more information, contact: info@verticalp-emosson.ch Telephone: +41 (0) 27 769 11 11
Access
The Emosson Dam can be accessed by a mountain road that is open to the public during the summer season. A bus service provides the road connection between the railway station of Finhaut and the Gueulaz Pass.
For more information on pedestrian access, you can contact the Tourism House of Finhaut,:
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el. +41 (0) 27 768 12 78 or email: finhaut@valleedutrient.ch.
Details of the Visit
- Reception of the visitors on the square of the restaurant.
- Visit of the Weller room.
- Presentation of the Emosson scheme on the scale model.
- Explanations concerning the instruments figuring on the model – pendulum, rockmeter (extensometer).
- Transfer to the top of the dam.
- Entry at the left bank and visit of the gallery 1926.
- Comments on the mountains, Dinosaurs, Old Emosson Dam, the impact of the dam on tourism; return to the square of the restaurant.
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