Reservoir of Ullibarri Gamboa

The Reservoir of Ullíbarri-Gamboa is positioned subsequent to the villages Ullíbarri-Gamboa, Nanclares de Gamboa and Arroyabe in Alava, Basque Country, Spain. It has a quantity of 146 m³ and this makes it the largest reservoir in the Basque Country. The location of land everywhere in the reservoir is known as Arrazua-Ubarrundia and it's far famous for its routes for tracking. The reservoir changed into constructed in the 1950s, whilst Spain was underneath the time period of office of Francisco Franco.

All started in 1926 whilst Manuel Uribe-Echevarria requested for a new reservoir between Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz, because of the demand of electricity after the economic revolution and the boom of populace. Unfortunately this production become refused to be carried out in 1928. Later, in the 2^nd Spanish republic, they accepted the development of the reservoir however it changed into no longer until 1945 after they commenced operating on that, due to delays deliberated by way of the civil battle. In this year Altos Hornos de Vizcaya S .A. Turned into the company that started out the assignment with the help of Saltos Y Aguas del Zadorra. The works commenced in 1947 and completed in 1957 and were constructed by greater than 3,500 men.