Contra Dam
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the "Val Verzasca" of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam creates Lago di Vogorno upstream of Lake Maggiore and supports the 105 MW Verzasca hydroelectric power station. It was constructed between 1961 and 1965 and starting shortly after its reservoir was filled, a series of earthquakes related to its water load occurred until 1971. The dam is owned and operated by Verzasca SA and is the fourth tallest in Switzerland.

The dam became a popular bungee jumping venue after a James Bond stuntman jumped off it in the opening scene of the 1995 film "GoldenEye"; a stunt voted as the best movie stunt of all time in a 2002 "Sky Movies" poll.
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arch dam
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Verzasca River
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Val Verzasca
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Ticino
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Switzerland
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Lago di Vogorno
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Lake Maggiore
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hydroelectric
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power station
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reservoir
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bungee jumping
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James Bond
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GoldenEye
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Sky Movies
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Contra Dam
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1965-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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1971-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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1995-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1995
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2002-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2002
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