German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Puduri
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Located on a peninsula at the mouth of the Konupīte River (now a flooded extension of the river) in the Daugava, in the territory of the Puduri recreation complex. As a result of wave erosion, the fire point has tilted towards the river. To prevent erosion of the banks, the banks of the reservoir are reinforced with a concrete protective wall. The fire points of the German army's defense line during the First World War can be traced more or less along the entire length of the left bank of the Daugava. The aforementioned defense line is a large-scale military system that has not yet been properly evaluated as a single entity. The fire point can be seen well when taking a boat trip along the Ķegums HPP.
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During World War II, when the armies retreated, a large number of militarily and logistically important facilities in Latvia were blown up so that these resources would not be left for the enemy. Such facilities were also in the vicinity of Ķegums, where one of the most important facilities is the Ķegums HPP, which, thanks to the efforts and efforts of its employees, was not completely destroyed.