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The lake's gone

The Rossens-Dam was built around 1947... The area was flooded, creating the Lake of Gruyere. Trees, bridges, farm buildings got covered during the birth of that...
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The Rossens-Dam was built around 1947... The area was flooded, creating the Lake of Gruyere. Trees, bridges, farm buildings got covered during the birth of that lake. And now, almost 70 years later, the water level dropped for about 20m, revealing the past... Like this tree stump.
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