Salime Reservoir
Salime Reservoir is a reservoir in Asturias, Spain across the Navia River. It is the third reservoir built in this river after Arbón and Doiras.
It is formed by a 128 meters high Gravity dam and it is located at the confluence of the municipalities of Pesoz, Grandas de Salime and Allande. The road AS-14 runs over the dam. The occupied area by the reservoir is 685 ha between Grandas de Salime and Ibias in Asturias and Negueira de Muñiz in Lugo.
The idea of building a power station in the zone started in 1940 in the location where Narciso Hernández Vaquero planned originally.[1]
Immediately after the World War II, the project, made by the architect Joaquin Vaquero Palacios, and the construction started. For paying the works, the companies Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico and Electra de Viesgo created the company Saltos del Navia en Comunidad, endorsed by Banco Urquijo, whose office prepared the technical reports.
The works started in 1946, being necessary to divert the river. For that purpose, a tunnel of 30,725 m3 was dug. 11,789 m3 of concrete were used to coat it.
The supply of materials was made by a 36 km cable car that reached the port of Navia. Four villages were also built to host more than 3,500 workers.
