Description
The Gage dam (known as the Moulin de Peyron dam) was filled with water in 1954 and holds back a volume of 3 thousand m³ over an area of 410 hectares. It is fed by the Gage and Thauron rivers.
The Gage dam is part of a network of several reservoirs (La Grange, Lake Issarlès, La Palisse) designed to capture and store water from the Ardèche plateau. Thanks to a network of galleries of nearly 25km, the water is transported to the underground plant of Montpezat under Bauzon.
It is one of the dams which play a significant role in supporting low water levels in the Ardèche and the Loire.
Between 1965 and 1966 the Gage dam was reinforced by the construction of a new dam (Gage II) directly upstream of the first.
From 2013 to 2018, a flood spillway was built on the Gage dam in order to withstand the passage of a thousand-year flood (675m3/s).
Opening
From 01/01 to 31/12 every day.
Fee
| Free access. |
Location