Teton Dam disaster
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 688
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 688
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dylan J. McDonald
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738548618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile cameras rolled, the newly completed Teton Dam collapsed shortly before noon on June 5, 1976. The resulting wall of water, 80 billion gallons strong, battered town after town during its three-day rampage through the Upper Snake River Valley in eastern Idaho. Impounding the flood-prone Teton River, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation dam failed during the reservoir's initial fill, ripping homes from foundations, drowning thousands of livestock, and stripping acres of valuable topsoil. Amazingly only 11 lives were lost during the disaster, as most residents heeded the flood warnings. Presenting photographs from local newspapers, archives, museums, historical societies, and witnesses, this book documents the dam's spectacular failure, the tremendous damage, and the Herculean cleanup and rebuilding process following one of the worst engineering disasters of the last 50 years. Today the investigation into why the 305-foot-tall earth-fill dam crumbled-ironically a dam built for flood control-still prompts debate.
Author: Teton Dam Failure Review Group (U.S.)
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 734
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 696
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Teton Dam Failure Review Group (U.S.)
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frank Ross Peterson
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric A. Stene
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dylan J. McDonald
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Published: 2006-11
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781531630072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile cameras rolled, the newly completed Teton Dam collapsed shortly before noon on June 5, 1976. The resulting wall of water, 80 billion gallons strong, battered town after town during its three-day rampage through the Upper Snake River Valley in eastern Idaho. Impounding the flood-prone Teton River, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation dam failed during the reservoir's initial fill, ripping homes from foundations, drowning thousands of livestock, and stripping acres of valuable topsoil. Amazingly only 11 lives were lost during the disaster, as most residents heeded the flood warnings. Presenting photographs from local newspapers, archives, museums, historical societies, and witnesses, this book documents the dam's spectacular failure, the tremendous damage, and the Herculean cleanup and rebuilding process following one of the worst engineering disasters of the last 50 years. Today the investigation into why the 305-foot-tall earth-fill dam crumbled-ironically a dam built for flood control-still prompts debate.