How do you rebuild one of the biggest spillways in the world after a catastrophic failure with the next flood season right around the corner? This video covers the engineering and construction required... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months ago • 287 views • 20:38

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 465 views • 18:27

An inside look at how a hydroelectric dam turbine is started up.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 509 views • 6:48

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 135 views • 3:07

What's inside The Hoover Dam? Batman's Cave!

posted by BSR 4 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 140 views • 11:35

YouTube description: We normally build a dam to hold water back and store it for use in water supply, irrigation, hydropower, or flood control. But sometimes we have to let some water go. Whether we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months ago • 1,036 views • 8:15

YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months ago • 1,291 views • 8:40

YouTube description: In civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud! The "quick condition" occurs when seepage reduces the effective stress of a soil. This can lead to some dangerous... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,490 views • 5:15

From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 7 years 12 months ago • 1,902 views • 1:31

YouTube description: John Reber had a plan: to dam the San Francisco Bay. He convinced some politicians - and it took the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bay Model they built in Sausalito, to prove... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,418 views • 4:34

"Now what other animal can you think of that makes its habitat more livable, drops everything to keep its neighborhood safe and has a bum that smells like dessert?"

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 7 months ago • 749 views • 4:27