Talk:Grande Dixence Dam

Operative again

I have not the time to make a summary atm, but apparently the dam is fully operative again; here is the news article in German language: [1]. Maybe someone else can step in? Gulliveig (talk) 12:01, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Seems like someone has already mentioned it. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 15:44, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Old and New dams?

Hi. I understand that there was once a dam that stood before the current Grande Dixence Dam, and that it is now destroyed (submerged) by the construction of this new dam, in 1957. But, why do I see different dams in recent images claiming to be that of the same dam? Example:

• File:Grande Dixence.jpg
• File:GrandeDixence2.jpg

The dams look totally different in these two images. Although surprisingly, if you look at the mountain in the background, it is the same! More examples: Category:Grande Dixence Dam. Any comments? Am I missing something here? Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 00:56, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

It is the same dam, the western part of the crest wraps around the topography. That second picture is facing east and if you look, you'll see the face of the dam dropping into the canyon below. The Dixence Dam was much smaller and a buttress dam. If you look at it on Google Earth is makes more sense to. When I expanded the article earlier this year, I labeled the captions so that it wouldn't confuse a reader. I see you took a lot of the photos out and relabeled those remaining, I made a few caption changes for clarification. This article was loaded with a lot of photos, schematics and an unneeded gallery but they did help a reader understand the scope of this enormous dam.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:58, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh I see. Thanks for the explanation. "I see you took a lot of the photos out and relabeled those remaining"; did I do anything wrong? If so, please do let me know, I'd be glad to revert. Kind regards. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 11:13, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

It's not a problem, I fixed up some of the captions. If it confused you than other readers might get confused. I was once confused about it as well. I liked having the pictures to explain it better but it looks good now.--NortyNort (Holla) 16:54, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 23:41, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

Grande Dixence Dam → Cleuson-Dixence Complex — I am not 100% on this, but I did notice that "Cleuson-Dixence Complex" is also widely used as a collective term for the power stations, pumping stations, and the Cleuson Dam (which some of the water is pumped from). Since this article covers most of these topics (instead of just the Grande Dixence Dam), wouldn't it be nice to move to a more general name? Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 15:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose This is a very well-known dam, deserving of its own article. I included a lot of info on the complex because it was not present before. I can see the entire complex having its own article, in greater detail of course. There is a Cleuson-Dixence Complex redirect as well.--NortyNort (Holla) 22:06, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

• Withdraw proposal: Per above, and also because the "Cleuson-Dixence Complex" pretty much largely refers to this dam. This article also gives a sufficient description of the whole complex in general. Rehman⁽⁺⁾ 11:32, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

name puzzle

The dam withholds Lac des Dix (Lake Dix), its reservoir.

If we must have a translation, Lac des Dix appears to mean Lake of the Ten. —Tamfang (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Feel free to include that within the article!--NortyNort (Holla) 00:31, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Not without knowing, ten what? Dix could be a the name of a forgotten clan, or the local word for a kind of bird, that merely happens to resemble the Standard French word for 'ten'. —Tamfang (talk) 00:51, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I see your point. I searched around and couldn't find a real meaning. Probably better found in French resources--NortyNort (Holla) 19:50, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Found something on the french version of wikipedia, along with the source it quotes: "The name [of the valley] takes its origins in the legend of the 'guivre of Hérémence'. The legend says that ten famous criminals used to rob people in the area and hid in the forests at the end of the valley. They dies when the locals set these forests on fire." (link to the article: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_des_Dix", it is the paragraph titled "toponymie". There is a source given for the paragraph.) The dam takes its name from the valley, but I do not know if the origin of the valley's name is important enough to mention in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1210:74F3:6400:D4A3:C5EF:5A56:90F (talk) 10:54, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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