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The Eternal Cure: Hoover Dam's Concrete Saga Continues Today
At the heart of this structure was an innovative concrete curing method that would set up a milestone for almost ninety years ...
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The Largest Movable Wicket Dam
THE largest movable wicket dam in the world and the only one built entirely of concrete and steel has just been opened for business in the Ohio River near Cineinnati. When the steamboat Indiana ...
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LaPrele Dam to be demolished before spring runoff to avoid ‘catastrophe’
DOUGLAS — The 140-foot-high concrete LaPrele Dam, at 115 years old, is in its end of days sooner than expected and will be ...
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Teesta Dam failure: lessons in gate operation and dam safety
The Teesta Dam failure of 2023 serves as a crucial case study in dam safety, highlighting the role of hydro-mechanical ...
Idaho’s Weiser River District wins grants to fund Galloway Diversion Dam Restoration Project
This story was first featured in the Idaho Soil and Water Commission’s November newsletter, “Conservation the Idaho Way.“ ...
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Anger as concrete 'dam' appears on remote beach
She said she believed someone had "bizarrely decided in order to prolong their 'wild' swimming in the mermaid pools that it was necessary to use concrete and slate to create a dam in the natural ...
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Remember When: Circa 1900 dams on Allegheny River eased some problems, caused others
Ray Rieser Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 12:01 p.m. | Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 12:01 p.m. The concrete locks and dams along the Allegheny River were built in the 1920s and 1930s, but three dams built around ...