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Deltaworks - http://www.deltawerken.com/
Includes the history of the 1953 flooding in The Netherlands and series of dams created to prevent this from happening again. |
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The Los Angeles Dam Story - http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/LADamStory/
Illustrated article on the progress in designing critical structures to avoid damage during large earthquakes. |
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About Dams - http://www.irn.org/basics/ard/index.php?id=dams.html
A range of topics from the International Rivers Networks including social, environmental and economic impacts, and dam performance and safety. |
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Geoguide Dams - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/geoguide/dams/index.html
Basic animated guide to the before, during, and after phases of dam construction. |
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Tailings Dam Safety - http://www.wise-uranium.org/indexm.html
Topics include current issues, safety, dam properties and failures. From the WISE uranium project. |
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California Dam Safety - http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/
Reviews plans and specifications for the construction of new dams or for the enlargement, alteration, repair, or removal of existing dams. Includes technical references, statutes and regulations. |
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Building The Ultimate Dam - http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~jacksond/ultdam.html
Donald Jackson of the History Department, Lafayette College, describes his book on John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the American West. Excerpts and illustrations. |
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Introduction to Dams - http://simscience.org/cracks/advanced/dams1.html
Topics include the societal nature of dams and opposition to, examples of failures, and types. |
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Dam Design - http://www.dur.ac.uk/~des0www4/cal/dams/
Features a range of information for undergraduate studies. Topics include loadings, geology, site investigations, and construction. Compiled by Andrew Graham at Durham University. |
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German Dam Research and Technology: - http://germannatcom-icold.de/german_research/
Provides links to publications that show progress in German dam research and case histories where modern techniques had been used. Publications in pdf format. |
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Holding Back the Waters — Dams as Water Resource Monuments - http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/arroyo/092dams.html
Article by Joe Gelt which details the range of dams and the regulations that control them. |
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Elan Valley Dams - http://history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/elanmenu.html
History of the dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of the Elan Valley waterworks in mid-Wales. From the Powys digital history project. |
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The Dam Site - http://members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/
A range of topics from Richard Woodward, including how dams are built and work, geology, and the environment. |
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Kalpasar Dam Development Feasibility Study - http://www.kalpasar.gujarat.gov.in/
Gujarat State considers a proposed tidal power dam at the Gulf of Khambhat, India. Includes history, benefits and technical features. |
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Karun III - http://www.karun3.com/home.asp
Project history, news, technical data and photographs. Arch dam located on the Karun river in Iran. |
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Pensacola Dam - http://www.grandlakewebs.com/history/
Provides a range of photographs and commentary on the history and construction of this 1938 dam located on the Grand river in Oklahoma. |
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http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001/dbiggs/index.html - http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001/dbiggs/index.html
Illustrated project by Diana Biggs, on the social and environmental impacts of large dams. Includes case studies. |
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Parker Dam and Powerplant - http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/parker.html
Comment and photographs from the Bureau of Reclamation. |
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Parker Dam - http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/parker_dam/du_parkerdam.html
Guide from Desert USA to the deepest dam in the world, built in the 1930s on the Colorado River. Includes history, photographs and visitor information. |
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Climate Control Requires a Dam at the Strait of Gibraltar - http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/eosrjohnson.html#eosrjohnsonf3.gif
Article discusses the climate benefits of building a dam across the straits of Gibraltar. By R. G. Johnson, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota. |