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 | The attacks on Eder-, Moehne- and Sorpe-dam from the british No. 617 Squadron.
Operation Chastise was the official name for the attacks on German dams on May 17, 1943 in World War II using a specially developed "bouncing bomb". The attack was carried out by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the Dam Busters.
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 | This overlay shows the destroyed dam a view hours after the bombing. The hole caused by the especially manufactured bouncing-bomb can be seen and on the left you can see the flooded area down the river Eder. (The bouncing bomb was a kind of bomb designed by Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrong. It was used in the famous Dambusters raid to attack major dams in Germany during World War II.)
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 | Kariba Dam. Construction of this dam was accompanied by a huge operation to save wildlife from the flood. I think that Lake Kariba is the second largest man made lake in the world. Shame it isn't hi-res | | 08/13/2005 | 415 |
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 | The Kembs Dam. This was another No 617 Squadron special operation. The Kembs Dam on the Rhine, just north of Basle, held back a vast quantity of water and it was feared that the Germans would release this to flood the Rhine valley near Mulhouse, a few miles north, should the American and French troops in that area attempt an advance. The Squadron was asked to destroy the lock gates of the dam. ... |  | 10/20/2005 | 304 |
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 | Located on the Green River in northeastern Utah and southern Wyoming. This dam creates a reservoir which is used for hydroelectric power. Construction on this dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The dam is 502' high and 1180' long. The crest width of this dam is 27', with a base width of 131'. |  | 01/23/2007 | 309 |
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 | Tallowa Dam is a concrete dam located immediately downstream of the junction of the Kangaroo and Shoalhaven rivers.
The dam collects water from a 5,750 square kilometre catchment. This water is stored in Lake Yarrunga, which is formed by Tallowa Dam.
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 | Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. In the United States, it is the largest electric power producing facility and the largest concrete structure. It is the fifth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world. The top producing dams are the Three Gorges Dam in China, the Guri Dam in Venezuela, the Itaipu Dam on the border of ... | | 03/04/2009 | 292 |
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 | Woronora Dam collects water from the catchment of the Woronora River, which drains into the dam and then to Botany Bay. The dam supplies water to residents within the Sutherland Shire in Sydney's south.
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 | The construction of this project was started in the year 1948 and was completed in 1963 . It is 740 ft. high above the deepest foundation as straight concrete dam being more than three times the height of Qutab Minar. Bhakra Dam is the highest Concrete Gravity dam in Asia and Second Highest in the world. | | 08/05/2006 | 713 |
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 | The Nurek dam in Tajikistan is 300 meters (984 feet) tall and at the moment (9/2005) the highest dam of the world (the Rogun dam (335 meters / 1,099 feet) still is under construction). |  | 07/31/2005 | 1,468 |
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 | The Saylorville Dam operates in conjunction with Lake Red Rock to minimize downstream flooding on the Des Moines River, and eventually the Mississippi River . Since 1977, operation of Saylorville Reservoir has resulted in an estimated flood damage savings of $174 million to the city of Des Moines and areas below the reservoir. In addition, the summer and winter recreational, interpretive, and c... |  | 08/06/2005 | 328 |
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 | I've found this dam in Xinjiang. South of Hotan.
On the wall of the dam they are huge words. | | 08/05/2006 | 566 |
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