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Carlo Semenza | |
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 Ing. Carlo Semenza al cantiere del Vajont. (1960) | |
| Born | July 9, 1893 Milan, Italy |
| Died | October 30, 1961 (aged 68) Venice, Italy |
| Resting place | Venice, Italy |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Education | University of Padua |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Employer | SADE |
| Known for | hydraulic engineer |
| Successor | Alberico Biadene |
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.
Biography
Death
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 Venice[4]. 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.[5][6]
Works
His works are listed below in chronological order:
Large dams
- Earth dam for the expansion of Lake Santa Croce (1938);
- Sottosella Dam, on the Isonzo, former Yugoslavia (1940);
- Ghirlo Dam , on the Cordevole (1940);
- Dam of Sauris , on Lumiei (1947);
- Bau Mandara Dam, on the Flumendosa (1949);
- Dam of Pieve di Cadore , on the Piave (1949);
- Dam of Val Gallina , on the homonymous torrent (1951);
- Dam of Valle di Cadore , on the Boîte (1952);
- Barcis Dam , on the Cellina (1954);
- Dam de La Stua , on the Caorame stream (1954);
- Pian di Fedaia Dam , on the Avisio (1956);
- Dam of Pontesei, on the Maè (1956);
- Ambiesta Dam, on the homonymous stream (1960);
- Vajont Dam, on the homonymous stream (1960);
- Vodo di Cadore Dam, on the Boîte (1960);
- Dam of the Mis , on the homonymous stream (1960).
Hydroelectric power stations
- Doblari
- Agordo
- Plava
- La Stanga
- Ampezzo
- Carnico (central Giuseppe Volpi)
- Soverzene (central Achille Gaggia)
- Barcis
- Malga Ciapela
- Somplago
- Gardona
- Colomber
Intake works and channels
- Taken on the Piave in Soverzene
- "Cellina" channel from Piave, Lake Santa Croce
- Negrisiola-Carron Canal
- Friga siphon
- Derivation of the Novarza
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.
- ^ Gianni Cameri, I dimenticati del Vajont. I figli della SADE, Biblioteca dell'Immagine, pp. 140-141.
- ^ 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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