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Dams

Sadd el-Kafara

For 5000 years dams have been among the largest structures to be built by civil engineers.

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Grand Coulee Dam

Grand Coulee Dam makes the most electricity of any dam in the United States.

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Aswan High Dam

The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam (one of the four basic types of dams) made of earth and rock with a mile-wide base.

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South Forks Dam

The worst dam disaster in US history. It was caused by flood waters that over-flowed and destroyed an earthfill dam, creating a 37 ft. wall of water that killed more than 2,200 people.

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Photos courtesy of: Sadd el Kafara - Jean-Luc Frerotte; Grand Coulee Dam - Photo, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Aswan High Dam - © 2000 WGBH; South Forks Dam - Johnstown Area Heritage Association Archives

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