Directory of Failures Resources

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• Baldwin Hills Dam

  http://www.stanford.edu/~meehan/la/baldwin.htm
  Illustrated report describes the role of oil drilling and water re-injection in causing this 1963 collapse. Includes animations.

• Buffalo Creek Disaster

  http://www.wvculture.org/history/buffcreek/bctitle.html
  Details the events and aftermath of this 1972 gob dam failure in southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow.

• Notable Dam Failures - Washington

  http://www.ecy.wa.gov/PROGRAMS/wr/dams/failure.html
  Listing of recent and historical failures in the state and the lessons learnt.

• Stava Tailings Dam Failure

  http://www.tailings.info/stava.htm
  Account of the failure which occurred on the 19th July 1985 near Trento, Italy.

• The Catastrophic Dam Failures in China in August 1975

  http://www2.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/aug1975.htm
  Article describes the causes of the failure of the Banqiao and Shimantan dams. By Thayer Watkins, San José State University.

 

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