Piottino power plant

Piottino power plant is an industrial building in Faido, Leventina District, Ticino which is located on Via Centrale. Piottino power plant is situated nearby to Lavorgo railway station, as well as near the historic site K92.

Photo: Nicolas Augsburger Rossi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Industrial building
Description: industrial building in Faido in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Also known as: “Centrale elettrica del Piottino” and “Centrale Piottino”
Address: Via Centrale 12, Nivo, 6746

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lavorgo railway station and San Martino Parish Church.

Lavorgo railway station

Railway station

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Lavorgo railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. It takes its name from the nearby community of Lavorgo. Lavorgo railway station is situated 300 metres north of Piottino power plant.

San Martino Parish Church

Church

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

San Martino Parish Church is situated 1½ km north of Piottino power plant.

Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio

Church

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Chiesa di Sant’Ambrogio is a church, which is situated 1½ km south of Piottino power plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lavorgo and Calonico.

Lavorgo

Village

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Lavorgo is a village.

Calonico

Hamlet

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Calonico is a hamlet.

Chironico

Village

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Chironico is a former municipality located in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Mairengo and Osco.

Piottino power plant

Categories: built structure, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
Location: Faido, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.43828° or 46° 26′ 18″ north

Longitude

8.83993° or 8° 50′ 24″ east

Inception

1932

Operator

Azienda Elettrica Ticinese

Open location code

8FRCCRQQ+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 214264088

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q29884226

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In Other Languages

From German to Ukrainian—“Piottino power plant” goes by many names.

German: “Centrale elettrica del Piottino”
German: “Elektrizitätswerk Piottino”
German: “Wasserkraftwerk Piottino”
Italian: “Centrale elettrica del Piottino a Nivo”
Italian: “Centrale elettrica del Piottino”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Піоттіно”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include K92 and Sirenoid.

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