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This video shows water bursting through the dam bank wall as bystanders look on.Local media reported that the evacuations would include the towns of Edenville, Sanford and parts of the city of ...
Sanford Lake was a man-made reservoir located in Midland County, Michigan, but is no longer present since the failure of the dam in May 2020. It was formed by the damming of the Tittabawassee River near the village of Sanford, Michigan. It was built for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. The dam is owned and operated by ...
Edenville Dam was an earthen embankment dam at the confluence of the Tittabawassee River and the Tobacco River in Mid Michigan, United States, forming Wixom Lake.The dam was about one mile (1.6 km) north of Edenville, mostly in the southeast corner of Tobacco Township in Gladwin County, with its southeastern end reaching into Edenville Township in Midland County.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said that following the failure of the Edenville and Sanford dams, water levels in downtown Midland could reach 9 feet (2.7 metres) high in the next 12-15 hours.
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
The dam failed in August, leaving township officials scrambling to raise money to pay for removal of the 1840s-era dam. 'The dam is continuing to fail.' Duplain Twp. raising money for Elsie Dam ...
Wixom Lake was a reservoir in the U.S. state of Michigan from 1925 to 2020. [1] It was named after Frank Wixom, who was instrumental in building the Edenville Dam. [2] Unusual for its size, Wixom Lake boasts a lighthouse on Musselman Island.
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