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The Jamestown Dam [2] is a rolled-earth dam spanning the James River in Stutsman County in the U.S. state of North Dakota, serving the primary purpose of flood control. It is north of the city of Jamestown, North Dakota. [3] Built from April 1952 to September 1953, the dam measures 1,418 feet (432 m) long at the crest and 85 feet (26 m) high.
The north end of the dam abutment and the farm of Elias Unger, now the visitor center of the Johnstown Flood Museum View of the lake bed from top of the dam May 1889 view of the broken dam from the roadway May 5, 2013 view of the center section of the dam that gave way Lake Conemaugh's spillway as it appeared in 1980 Wreck of Pullman cars and ...
A modern view of the South Fork Dam. The large gap overlooked by the two wooden terraces pictured is the breach that caused the Johnstown Flood.. The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh (formerly Western Reservoir, also known as the Old Reservoir and Three Mile Dam, a misnomer), [1] an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.
Watch: Road collapses due to flooding "The entire Mill Pond at Avalon emptied across the now collapsed roadway," Panico said, sharing a video of the collapsed road. Panico said the last time the ...
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by ...
Pages in category "Dam failures in the United States" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
With flooding having already taken their home, the Barnes family is hoping the possible collapse of the Rapidan Dam doesn't also take their café, which has been operating since 1910.
Front page of The New York Times on February 24, 1890, with news of the dam collapse front and center. The Johnstown Flood, a dam collapse which killed over 2,200 people, had occurred the previous year, and the impacts of that flood made the collapse of the Walnut Grove Dam much more significant. The story made the front page of the New York Times.