La Truyère
SGE
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The Truyère project on the Bromme river. Testing the dam (19/5/1932)
The Truyère site was one of the most difficult episodes of SGE's early history. The works got underway in 1910 and continued until the eve of World War II. SGE built a factory, the big Sarrans gravity dam (105 metres in height and 220 million in ridge length), and the Bromme hydroelectric complex, generating 68,000 kW of power. Few sites have caused so many serious financial problems. It took all the skill that Alexandre Giros and his successors could muster to get the company out of this predicament.