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English: Austin Dam; View of Dam Two Hours After Failure Subject: Austin (Texas)--Dams, Dams--Texas, Dam Failures--Texas Geographic Subject: Colorado River (Colorado-Mexico), United States--Texas--Austin
The destruction of the dam drained the Lake McDonald reservoir and left the city of Austin without electrical power for a number of months. "At 11.20 a.m. on April 7, when the lake level had reached a height of 11.07 feet above the crest of the dam, the dam gave way at a point ... about 300 feet from the east end of the dam.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
The pre-collapse satellite photos were taken in May and early June. Before the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River broke, farm fields appear green and crossed by peaceful streets and farm roads and ...
Texas State Highway 39 runs west from Ingram 6 miles (10 km) to Hunt. Interstate 10 comes within 5 miles (8 km) of Ingram, with the closest access from Exit 501 (FM 1338). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2 ), or 1.50%, are water. [ 5 ]
Austin Dam failure (Texas) B. Baldwin Hills Dam disaster; Big Bay Dam; Broken Down Dam; ... Swift Dam (Montana) T. Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station; Teton Dam; V.
The Nova Kakhova dam, which was under Russian control, was breached on the morning of 6 June, with water surging through it and causing extensive flooding in Kherson - prompting the evacuation of ...