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Din cele mai vechi timpuri oamenii au spus: "Puterea noastra este în apa", si toata omenirea a încercat sa-si foloseasca fortele si cunostintele pentru a folosi aceasta putere în viata de zi cu zi.
Potentialul raului Somesul Rece a fost repede avut în vedere de industriasii austrieci care au vazut un mare potential hidroenergetic aici, hidroenergie, care putea alimenta cu energie electrica Cluj-Napoca, un oras mare, la o distanta de 29 km. Tehnica utilizata a fost austriaca, muncitorii au fost italieni, iar dupa constructie, majoritatea dintre ei au ramas în colonia construita si apoi transformata intrun sat intreg, care a fost numit dupa ei si inca poarta acest nume: La Talieni.
In cadrul ansamblului hidroenergetic de pe valea Somesului Rece intra si conducta de aductiune care este alimentata din lacul de compensatie construit in a doua etapa, pe valea Rasca Mica afluent pe dreapta a Somesului Rece.
Lacul era plasat in spatele unui baraj in forma de arc, construit din piatra (granit provenit din cariera Corabia, din apropiere, azi rezervatie geologica) si beton. Lacul putea inmagazina 40.000 mc de apa cantitate care putea produce 4.000 kWh in fiecare zi.
Barajul a fost prevazut cu un deversor de ape mari care a fost construit in 4 trepte, pentru a reduce viteza de cadere a apei, iar la 9 m adancime era racordata galeria de aductiune care pleaca spre castelul de echilibru. Pe fundul lacului, la baza barajului a fost amplasata o mica galerie de fund, cu diametrul de 1 m, care era prevazuta cu o vana de inchidere, avand rolul de a goli periodic lacul pentru curatire, sau pentru alte lucrari de intretinere care necesitau golirea completa a lacului.
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Since ancient times people have been saing “Our power is in water” and all mankind has tried to use their power and knowledge to use it in everyday life.
The potential of Somesul Rece River (Cold Somes) was quikly taken in sight by the great Austrian industrialist who saw a large hydropower potential here, hydropower that could supply electricity for Cluj-Napoca, a large city at a distance of 29 km. The technique used was Austrian, the workers were Italians, and after the construction, the majority of them remained in the built up colony and also rised an entyre village wich was named after them and yet bears that name: La Talieni.
The whole hydropower sistem Cold Somes included a adduction gallery that was fed from the compensation lake, built in the second stage, on the Rasca Mica (Small Rasca) Valley , tributary valley on the right side of Somes Rece (Cold Somes) River. Lake was placed behind a dam archwise, built of stone (granite came from Corabia career, today, protected area - geological reservation) and concrete. The lake can store 40,000 cubic meters of water, quantity wich can produce 4000 kWh every day.
The dam was equipped with an overflow of waters that was built in four stages, to reduce the speed of falling water, and at 9 m deep was connected the adduction gallery that go to the castle balance. On the bottom of the dam was located a small bottom gallery of 1 m diameter, which was equipped with a valve closure, with the purpose to periodically empty the lake for cleaning or other maintenance work that needed full emptying of the lake.