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10 Dam Failures Caught on Video.
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: October 22, 2022, 9:05 am
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The first dam failure shown is an earthen embankment dam in
Edenville Michigan, it is about the same size, construction,
and age of the most typical Erie Canal Embankment
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Re: 10 Dam Failures Caught on Video.
DIR By: Doug K
Date: October 23, 2022, 10:15 am
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And the final report on the 2021 Edenville Dam Failure was
summed up in one word... Liquefaction.
That would be when an earthen water impounding structure becomes
so oversaturated it turns almost instantly from a solid to a
free flowing liquid.
This phenomenon is normally caused and coinincides with a major
weather event that oversaturates the earthen embankment, or when
an earthen dam was constructed using sandy soils, or built
without the proper, recommended soil compaction during
construction.
Like old earthen dam building methods of the early 20th century,
used in both Edenville and the Erie Canal.
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Re: 10 Dam Failures Caught on Video.
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: October 26, 2022, 5:16 am
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