Construction of the Vianden Pumped Storage Plant began in August 1959 and the plant was officially inaugurated in April 1964. It has a generating capacity of over 1,200 megawatts and generates anĀ average of 1,650 gigawatt-hours annually.
Its visitors' gallery features an exhibition on the power plant itself as well as electricity more generally.
visitors' gallery
visitors' gallery
At the end of the visitors' gallery, a staircase leads to the former control room.
staircase to the control room
staircase to the control room
Operation of the plant is now controlled remotely, but the former control room can still be seen
turbines
turbines
former control room
former control room
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