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Denison Dam
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Dams Era: 1940-1949 DateCreated: 1943 Red River Denison State: TX Zip: 75020 Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Denison-Dam/ Creator: Clay, Lucius

The largest rolled-earth fill dam in the world at the time of its completion, Denison Dam eventually served as a prototype for dam construction in future U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects throughout the arid plains of the American Southwest. Procedures and equipment developed during its construction are now commonplace in the sampling and testing of soils.

YearAdded:
1993
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Robert Nunnally (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: Denison Dam Era_date_from: 1943
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Denison Dam

The largest rolled-earth fill dam in the world at the time of its completion, Denison Dam eventually served as a prototype for dam construction in future U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects throughout the arid plains of the American Southwest. Procedures and equipment developed during…

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