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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2010, 04:30:56 AM » |
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LADYBOWER RESEVOIR
- The images above are from the spillways located at the Ladybower Resevoir
- The Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England
- The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir
- Its longest dimension is just over 3 miles (5km), and at the time of construction it was the largest reservoir in Britain (1943)
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2010, 04:32:10 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2010, 04:33:23 AM » |
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MONTICELLO DAM
- The Monticello Dam is a dam in Napa County, California, United States constructed between 1953 and 1957
- It is a medium concrete-arch dam with a structural height of 304 ft (93 m) and a crest length of 1,023 ft (312 m)
- It contains 326,000 cubic yards (249,000 m³) of concrete. The dam impounded Putah Creek to cover the former town of Monticello and flood Berryessa Valley to create Lake Berryessa, the second-largest lake in California
- The capacity of the reservoir is 1,602,000 acre•ft (1,976,000 dam³). Water from the reservoir is supplied mostly to the North Bay area of San Francisco
- The dam is noted for its classic, uncontrolled spillway with a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s) and a diameter at the lip of 72 ft (22 m). |
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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 04:34:13 AM » |
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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 04:34:53 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 04:38:15 AM » |
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