Beginning in the 1930s, America built 29 giant locks and dams across the Mississippi River and they turned a wild river into a massive water staircase

The Upper Mississippi River's navigation was transformed by America's construction of locks and dams in the 1930s. While ...
theepochtimes

Three Gorges Dam’s Flood-Control Function Questioned

Severe flooding in southern China has put in question the flood-control and other functions of China’s most ambitious, costliest, and controversial water-control project—the Three Gorges Dam. At 8 a.m ...
Augusta Free Press

Understanding the functions of valves in dams

The current state of the nation is in need of additional natural resources to extend the means of renewable energy. This became the eye-opener of the people how the supplementary factors like dams and ...
Missoulian

Ongoing repairs improve Toston Dam’s function, longevity

HELENA — When a leak sprang in one of Toston Dam’s 23-year-old rubber bladders in 2012, it took fewer than three hours for the entire 327-acre reservoir to drain and for farmers to lose irrigation ...