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He was present at the inauguration of the [[Vajont dam]], which was to be his last work before retirement(<ref name="semenza">[[Edoardo Semenza]], La storia del Vaiont raccontata dal geologo che ha scoperto la frana, Tecomproject 2001, K-Flash 2005</ref>p 260f). On the morning of Sunday 29 October 1961, he suffered a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in his home, shortly after returning from mass in Lido di Venezia . He remained in a coma for less than twenty-four hours and died around eight in the morning on Monday 30 October.<ref name=elettrotecnica/><ref name=semenza /> |
He was present at the inauguration of the [[Vajont dam]], which was to be his last work before retirement(<ref name="semenza">[[Edoardo Semenza]], La storia del Vaiont raccontata dal geologo che ha scoperto la frana, Tecomproject 2001, K-Flash 2005</ref>p 260f). On the morning of Sunday 29 October 1961, he suffered a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in his home, shortly after returning from mass in Lido di Venezia . He remained in a coma for less than twenty-four hours and died around eight in the morning on Monday 30 October.<ref name=elettrotecnica>''L'Elettrotecnica'', Volume 48, Edizioni 7-12, 1961, p. 965.</ref><ref name=semenza /> |
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Carlo Semenza (Milan, 9th of July 1893 - Venice, 30th of Octobre 1961) was an Italian hydraulic engineer and mountaineer, considered one of the most experienced designers and manufacturers of dams in the æra[1]. He is remembered as the designer of the Vajont dam, the highest dam in the world until the early 1960s. The deathEdit
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He was present at the inauguration of the Vajont dam, which was to be his last work before retirement([2]p 260f). On the morning of Sunday 29 October 1961, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in his home, shortly after returning from mass in Lido di Venezia . He remained in a coma for less than twenty-four hours and died around eight in the morning on Monday 30 October.[3][2]
He was buried in Veniceref>Gianni Cameri, I dimenticati del Vajont. I figli della SADE, Biblioteca dell'Immagine, pp. 140-141.</ref>. At SADE his role was filled by the engineer Alberico Biadene([2]p. 16), his deputy. The court of L'Aquila exonerated him postum from the Vajont Desaster.[4][5]
References
- ^ Rivista geografica italiana, Volume 73, 1966, p. 138.
- ^ a b c Edoardo Semenza, La storia del Vaiont raccontata dal geologo che ha scoperto la frana, Tecomproject 2001, K-Flash 2005
- ^ L'Elettrotecnica, Volume 48, Edizioni 7-12, 1961, p. 965.
- ^ Pierluigi Barrotta, Scientists, Democracy and Society: A Community of Inquirers, 2018, p. 77.
- ^ "Il rifugio Semenza venga intitolato alle vittime del Vajont". 18 settembre 2013. Retrieved 10 aprile 2020.
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