Walls to hold back water.
Subcategories 6
Related categories 2
Sites 10
- Parker Dam 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.
- German Dam Research and Technology: Provides links to publications that show progress in German dam research and case histories where modern techniques had been used. Publications in pdf format.
- Elan Valley Dams History of the dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of the Elan Valley waterworks in mid-Wales. From the Powys digital history project.
- Dams Illustrated project by Diana Biggs, on the social and environmental impacts of large dams. Includes case studies.
- California Dam Safety 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.
- The Dam Site A range of topics from Richard Woodward, including how dams are built and work, geology, and the environment.
- Tailings Dam Safety Topics include current issues, safety, dam properties and failures. From the WISE uranium project.
- Parker Dam and Powerplant Comment and photographs from the Bureau of Reclamation.
- Dam Design Features a range of information for undergraduate studies. Topics include loadings, geology, site investigations, and construction. Compiled by Andrew Graham at Durham University.
- High Masonry Dams. Full text of John McMaster's 1876 publication.