Taking into account the 2.5m diameter butterfly valve chamber, the reinforced shaft consists of a section inclined at 90% along 921 metres and with a diameter varying between 2.7 metres and 2.5 metres. It emerges at the Bâtiaz power plant at a height of approximately 463 meters to supply the plant’s distributor.
Technical file
Construction year | 1967-1973 |
Put into operation | 1975 |
Municipality | Martigny-Combe |
Altitude | 1080m. |
Renovated | 2012 |
Length of reinforced shaft | 921m. |
Diameter | 2.4m |
Max. flow | 35m³/sec |