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A list of dam failures and incidents in the United States Dam Safety.org Chronology of major tailings dam failures from 1960 WISE Uranium Project Chanson, H. (2009) Application of the Method of Characteristics to the Dam Break Wave Problem Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 41–49 doi : 10.3826/jhr.2009.2865 (ISSN 0022-1686).
This is a list of structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Glines Canyon Dam, the largest dam ever to be removed, shown mid-demolition in 2012. This is a list of dams in the United States that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. Dams are not included if they have instead failed, or if they have been decommissioned but not yet removed. Dam removal takes many ...
The partial failure of Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at the same risk level and condition – or worse. ... America’s dams ...
Puentes dam collapsed flooding Lorca, Spain 502 29 June 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse: Seoul, South Korea 400–600+ 12 March 1928 St. Francis Dam failure Los Angeles County, California, United States 423 2 December 1959 Malpasset Dam failure 356 1 December 1923 Gleno Dam failure Bergamo, Italy 250–434 18 August 2008 Koshi Barrage ...
Work on the dam removal project began in June. The smallest dam, Copco No. 2, was torn down by crews using heavy machinery. The other three dams are set to be dismantled next year, starting with a ...
When the first dam collapsed, a massive surge of water roared so swiftly into Mike Gorthy’s lakefront home that he returned from securing his boats outside to discover water above the light ...