Remains of a German army concrete fire point at the Kegums HPP reservoir opposite Jaundauguļi
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Located on the shore of the Ķegums HPP reservoir, about 0.6 km east of the Žega mouth, opposite Jaundauguļi. The fire point has slipped from the shore into the water and split into several parts. Two larger birches have grown into it, and a thicket has grown. One part of it is connected to the shore by a footbridge. This is one of the fire points of the German army's World War I defense line on the left bank of the Daugava, which can be more or less traced 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 fully evaluated as a single entity. The remains of the fire point can be viewed by boating along the Ķegums HPP.
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Efforts to prevent the explosion of the Ķegums HPP
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.