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The Rif Tort waterfall upstream of Mizoën, captured at the early 20th century, s...
Photograph by Henri Laulagnet, without a precise date, showing the Lake Chambon ...
A field of daffodils in bloom, with the Meije as a backdrop, without a precise d...
A view of the Lac Lérié in the foreground, with the Meije in the background, taken in 1981....
Aerial photograph of 1971, taken during a flight campaign over the Aiguilles d'Arves massif, showing...
Postcard of 1964 showing Mizoën with few trees, the church dominating the village and the snowy moun...
An image of the Pisse waterfall, highlighting its 200 meters in height, captured in 1951....
Image of 1951 taken by Marcel Fleureau, offering a view of the surroundings of the Lake Chambon from...
Image taken between 1931 and 1950, showing the last extensions of the Grandes Rousses, edited by Les...
A view of the extent of the Lake Chambon in 1948, with below the location of the old village of Daup...
A unique postcard from 1943, where the image and the stamp represent the cows of the Lac Lérié with ...
Taken August 18, 1938, this touching image shows the small bell tower of the Chambon chapel, the las...
Image of 1937 illustrating the Lake Chambon from the Lautaret road, by an unknown author....
A stage of the 1936 Tour de France passing over the Chambon dam, one year after its construction, wi...
This image, dated August 1, 1935, shows a dam recently filled with water, with pedestrians walking a...
This photo, dated May 1, 1935, shows the dam during the impoundment, with the lake swallowing the va...
Taken May 1, 1935, this image captures the final moments of the village of Chambon before its submer...
This distant view, taken in 1935, shows the bell tower of the Chambon chapel as an island in the mid...
A moving photograph of the rise of the Chambon dam waters engulfing the village of Dauphin in 1935, ...
In 1935, three men navigate by boat among the half-immersed houses of the village of Dauphin, before...
A postcard showing the small bell tower of the Chambon chapel in 1935, showing the rising waters of ...
A view of the village of Mizoën in 1934, centered around its church. This image captures the atmosph...
A postcard showing the works in progress at the Chambon dam in 1933, highlighting the impressive sca...
A postcard showing the tunnel and the Chambon dam under construction in 1933, seen from the old road...
Famous photograph of 1932 showing the impressive construction site of the Chambon dam, with the conc...
This photo, probably taken around 1929, shows the first stages of the construction of the Romanche d...
Colorized photograph of 1931 by A. Hourlier, representing the Pisse waterfall from the road that des...
A non- colorized photograph of the Pisse waterfall on the Lautaret road, taken in 1931 by an by an u...
Press photograph of 1922 by the Rol Agency, illustrating the road of the Alps between Briançon and G...
Image of 1921 showing a pastoral chalet at Rif-Tort (2,200 m), with cow dung drying on the roof as s...
In 1910, impressive ice stalactites line the road below Mizoën, bearing witness to the extreme clima...
A woman poses along the road from Chambon to La Grave, captured by Émile Duchemin in 1907, illustrat...
The Dauphin tunnel in 1906, with the electric line poles visible on the left, photographed by Émile ...
A view of the Dauphin Tunnel at the early 20th century, captured by Émile Duchemin in 1906....
The combe of Malaval just before its outlet onto the Chambon plain, photographed by Émile Duchemin i...
An old car and three women pose on the road between Mizoën and La Grave near an impressive rock, cap...
Photograph from 1904 of Freney-d'Oisans (spelled 'Freynet'), with Mizoën visible in the background a...
A man poses in front of an oratory at the base of a bridge over the Romanche, near Mizoën, towards L...
Photograph from 1902 showing the tunnel and the bridge of the Chambon before the construction of the...
Lithograph of Victor Cassien produced around 1850, representing the Chambon tunnel in the 19th centu...
Cadastral plan of the commune of Mizoën, dated 1830, used until 1966. It is very detailed and allows...
A photograph of the surroundings of a lake, showing a parking lot for travelers' cars, without a spe...
A view of the village of Mizoën from the heights, with the lake below and beginning vegetation, with...
A field of daffodils in bloom, with the Meije as a backdrop, without a precise date....
Portrait of Monseigneur the Cardinal Le Camus...
A postcard showing the Chambon dam, taken from the slopes of Mizoën with a wide-angle lens. The auth...
Portrait of Edmé Campenon...
A scene on the Emparis plateau at the early 20th century, with cows grazing and a shepherd visible....
A view of the Emparis plateau, called here Prés de Paris, with the Écrins summits in the background,...
A snowy view of the Mont de Lans glacier from the Emparis plateau, also called Prés de Paris on this...
A woman admires the Meije, shrouded in clouds, from the Emparis plateau, La Grave side....
Portrait of François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières...
A majestic aerial view of the Lake Chambon and its surroundings, highlighting the surrounding mounta...
Cars parked in front of the Lake Chambon, with pedestrians on the dam and a stand selling drinks. Th...
A view of the combe of Malaval before the construction of the dam, with the village of Dauphin in th...
A car enters the Dauphin Tunnel, with a fragile bridge over the Romanche in the background. This ima...
An image of the submerged village of Chambon, covered with a thin layer of snow, taken during or aft...
A postcard showingfering an aerial view of the dam and the Lake Chambon in the French Alps. The auth...
Photo showing impressive ice walls along a road downstream of Mizoën, without a precise date....
Photograph from the early 20th century of a horse pulling a carriage with a man wearing a hat, comin...
Shot from the early 20th century of the tunnel and the bridge of the Chambon, before the constructio...
Rare photograph from the early 20th century of the village of Dauphin, today submerged beneath the w...
Photo probably taken around 1929, illustrating the 'glacial threshold' of the Chambon, an ideal site...
A postcard showing the village of Freney, with le Puy and the Chambon dam in the background, and Miz...
An impressive view of the bottom of the dam, showing its 137 meters of height, before the lake was f...
A postcard representing the Ferrand valley in the Haut Oisans, including the villages of Besse, Clav...
A view of the Bourg-d'Oisans road, with the Romanche and the Grandes Rousses massif in the backgroun...
Photograph from the Pariset hamlet, located on the right bank of the Romanche, taken after 1935, sho...
Photograph by A. Hourlier, without a precise date, representing the dam and the Lake Chambon at 1,04...
Photograph by Henri Laulagnet, without a precise date, showing the Lake Chambon and the Parizet chap...
A view of the dam from downstream, with the massifs of Emparis and the Écrins in the background, off...
The Meije dominates the calm waters of the Lake Chambon, a majestic natural landscape highlighted by...
The image highlights the water retention capacity of the dam, underlining its importance in the mana...
A morning view of the downstream dam, with the shadow following the curve of its structure, creating...
The Grand Clot tunnel and its waterfall, located near La Grave and Mizoën, illustrate the natural be...
Around 1910, a sleigh pulled by two horses crosses a snowy road near Mizoën, surrounded by walls of ...
The Rif Tort waterfall upstream of Mizoën, captured at the early 20th century, shows a preserved nat...
The Pisse waterfall, with a road passable by motor vehicles but still unpaved and suspended electric...
A photograph showing a car of tourists stopped in front of the Pisse waterfall, in the combe of Mala...
