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The rebuilt upper reservoir of the Taum Sauk plant, nearing completion in this photo, is the largest RCC dam in North America. [1]Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) or rolled concrete (rollcrete) is a special blend of concrete that has essentially the same ingredients as conventional concrete but in different ratios, and increasingly with partial substitution of fly ash for portland cement. [2]
The category lists dams constructed primarily with roller-compacted concrete (RCC). They include arch and gravity dams currently proposed, under construction or completed. Contents
Hickory Log Creek Dam is a 180-foot (55 m) high roller-compacted-concrete dam just north of the Riverstone business district in Canton, and just west of Bluffs Parkway. ( 34°16′02″N 84°28′30″W / 34.2671°N 84.4749°W / 34.2671; -84.4749 ( Hickory Log Creek Dam ) ) The city partnered with the Cobb County-Marietta Water ...
It was the first major dam in the United States constructed of roller-compacted concrete. [2] The dam's drainage basin is 96 square miles (250 km 2) [3] of arid rolling hills in the lower basin but with headwaters in the northern Umatilla National Forest.
On December 14, 2005, a catastrophic failure in the upper reservoir dam put the plant out of operation until it was rebuilt, recertified, and reopened on April 21, 2010. [10] The new upper reservoir dam, rebuilt from the ground up, is the largest roller-compacted concrete dam in North America. [11]
At the time of its completion, the Saluda Dam was the world's largest earthen dam, creating the world's largest man-made lake, Lake Murray. In 2005, construction on a 213 ft (65 m). tall roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam was completed at the toe of the original dam in order to mitigate an earthquake-caused dam failure.
The Middle Vaitarna Dam is a notable dam located in Maharashtra, India. [1] With a height of 84 metres (276 ft), it is the third tallest dam in the state and is constructed using roller compacted concrete. [2] Situated in Kochale village in Thane, the dam was built in 2012 on the Vaitarna river.
The Paradise Dam, also known as the Burnett River Dam, is a roller compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam across the Burnett River, located between Coringa and Good Night northwest of Biggenden and 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Bundaberg in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.