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    Silver Lake Dam (Michigan, 2003)

    May 14. 2003
    • By Jim Pawloski
    The emergency fuse plug...
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    Ka Loko Dam (Hawaii, 2006)

    March 14, 2006
    • By David W. Sykora, Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE
    At approximately 5 a.m....
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    Cleveland Dam (British Columbia, 2020)

    Oct 1, 2020
    • By William Johnstone, Ph.D., P.E.
    Cleveland Dam is a concrete-gravity structure that is 300 feet (91 meters) high with a crest length of 640 feet(195 meters)....
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    Dams in the National Inventory of Dams

    $165.2 B

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    65 %

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