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This dam was pushed beyond its limits - until it finally broke
The Taum Sauk reservoir was pushed far beyond how it was originally designed to operate. Faulty sensors, ignored warnings, and a disabled safety system allowed water to rise unchecked. When it ...
Lesterville, Mo. - Atop Proffit Mountain is a symphony of tractor-trailers and giant earth-moving machines, as work crews erect 100-foot-tall concrete walls that will form the sides of a mammoth pool ...
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This is what happens when engineers ignore warnings about a cracked wall
In December 2005, a Missouri power company pushed its dam beyond safe limits — and nature answered. A single programming oversight caused millions of tons of water to explode down a mountain, wiping ...
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