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Dock jumping, also known as dock diving, is a dog sport in which dogs compete in jumping for distance or height from a dock into a body of water. There are dock jumping events in the United States and other countries such as United Kingdom, [ 1 ] Australia, [ 2 ] Germany, [ 3 ] and Austria.
Alum Creek Dam was constructed between 1970 and 1974 on Alum Creek, a tributary of Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River.The dam is a rolled earth-fill embankment 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in length with a maximum height of 93 ft (28 m).
Zoombezi Bay (/ z uː m ˌ b iː z i ˈ b eɪ /) is a 22.7-acre (9.2 ha) water park owned by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium near Powell, Ohio just north of Columbus. The park sits on the site of the former Wyandot Lake Adventure Park, [1] which was purchased by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in 2006. Zoombezi Bay opened to the public on May 26 ...
Nine berths and docks in either open dock or two-berth facilities; Capacity for lifting up to 150 net tons; Firect rail access and warehousing ability; Over 6,500 feet (2,000 m) of linear dock space, 420,000 square feet (39,000 m 2) of warehouse space and; 12 acres (0.049 km 2) of open storage for general cargo operations.
Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region ...
It was a tradition for students to jump into the lake at night in the week leading up to the annual football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines. Although students have jumped into Mirror Lake since 1969, the modern tradition started in 1990 when Jim Jones and an AEPi member named Marmaduke led a parade of students ...
Cliff jumping has inherent dangers due to the high velocity that can be attained during a long fall [4] and multiple cliff jumping deaths are reported every year. [4] [5] In 2015 a world record for cliff jumping was set by Laso Schaller, with a jump of 58.8 m (193 ft). [6]
Hoover Dam, in Blendon Township, near Westerville, Ohio, dams the Big Walnut Creek to form the Hoover Memorial Reservoir. This reservoir is a major water source for the city of Columbus, Ohio . It holds 20.8 billion US gallons (79,000,000 m 3 ) of water and has a surface area of 3,272 acres (13.24 km 2 ), or about five square miles.