Dam of Santa Chiara

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The Santa Chiara dam is a disused artificial dam located in the territory of Ula Tirso, an inhabited center of Barigadu, in central Sardinia. It was built between 1918 and 1924 along the middle course of the Tirso giving rise to Lake Omodeo, named after the designer of the dam, the engineer Angelo Omodeo.
Turbine type: double impeller Francis
Volume of the basin: 402 million m³
Area of the basin: 2000 ha
River: Tirso
Inauguration: April 28, 1924
Start of work: 1918
Length: 260 m