Gravel Pit
Building Site of the Hydroelectric Power Plant, Gabčíkovo, Slovakia
Text by Juraj Lipscher
Gravel Pit
Building Site of the Hydroelectric Power plant in Gabčíkovo, Slovakia
The first earth moving machinery appeared in Gabčíkovo in 1977 and it was not until 1996 that the project was brought to fruition. I had started visiting the building site in 1991 while the basin was not yet flooded and had returned several times in the following years. The adjacent marsh forests along the Danube river are unique in Europe and are purportedly endangered by the dam, even though some environmentalists predict effects to the contrary and expect a resurrection of the vegetation.
Juraj Lipscher, 2019