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A cross-section of an embankment dam shows a shape like a bank, or hill. Most have a central section or core composed of an impermeable material to stop water from seeping through the dam. The core can be of clay, concrete, or asphalt concrete. This type of dam is a good choice for sites with wide valleys.
The company's first project was the WhiteWater Waterslide and Recreation Complex in Penticton, Canada. In 1982, WhiteWater West acquired WhiteWater Composites. This was followed by the merger with Brookside Engineering in 1985 and Barr & Wray in 1987. In 1998, the company entered into a limited license agreement to manufacture FlowRiders.
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The side of a levee in Sacramento, California. A levee (/ ˈ l ɛ v i / or / ˈ l ɛ v eɪ /), [a] [1] dike (American English), dyke (British English; see spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river.
The dam was built to a height of 244 metres (801 ft) above bedrock, near the first location of the village Mica Creek. The dam operated with a 427 km 2 (165 sq mi) reservoir containing 15 km 3 (12 million acre-feet) of live storage and 24.8 km 3 (20.1 million acre-feet) of total storage in McNaughton Lake, later renamed Kinbasket Lake in 1980.
The Syncrude Tailings Dam, impounding the Mildred Lake Settling Basin (MLSB), is an embankment dam that is, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. [1] It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, at the northern end of the Mildred Lake lease area owned by Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill China: Loushui River: 2012 Contra Dam: 220 m (720 ft) Concrete arch Switzerland: Verzasca River: 1965 La Yesca Dam: 220 m (720 ft) Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill Mexico: Rio Grande de Santiago: 2012 Mratinje Dam: 220 m (720 ft) Concrete arch-gravity Montenegro: Piva: 1976 Dworshak Dam: 218.6 m (717 ft ...
An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road , railway line , or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain , the alternatives being either to have an ...