Lasted nearly 120 years with very little maintenance. I would say that is a pretty good reference for whoever built it. The idiot trying to say otherwise glossed over the fact that it as the lack of maintenance that caused this
It was a very small dam, maybe ten feet tall, basically an earthen dam reinforced with wood and stone, holding back a six foot deep reservoir. It's in such a remote location, that it was only inspected every ten years or so, because its failure was considered such a low hazard.
The lake is just being reborn into a river again! Water is very lucky, next thing it will evaporate and fall as a thunderstorm over the ocean, float north and become an iceberg!!
Sadly only 1 republican voted for the last infrastructure bill (25 abstained). No money was sent anywhere, only equipment/aid paid for under the military budget. Perhaps reinstate the taxes on wealthiest Americans would be a good place to start. BAH SHEEP BAAH you people just bleat the same nonsense.
Even if all overseas spending ended right now, do you seriously believe Congress would actually spend money on this? Or just give corporate executive even more tax breaks?
It wasn't designed by an engineer, but it stood virtually untouched for 120 years. The engineers today can't design a dam, bridge, or roof that will stand for mor than 10 years or at least struggle to
The same thing happened at Lake Delton in Wisconsin Dells. The dam broke taking houses near the damn for a ride down the Wisconsin River. Lake Delton was completely empty except for a small stream flowing down the middle of it. The bottom was packed with decades of silt. I walked out on it and got stuck waist deep in the muck. Was lucky to crawl out of it, but covered head to toe looking and smelling like I took a dip in a septic tank. I wasn’t the only one though. Saw several others crawling too.
This is what happens when we don't take care of things in America first. Wait until all the bridges and and tunnels start collapsing. You have to do maintenance on everything if you want it to function properly. Instead the county just blames someone else.
ah.. the gullible red hat's have came out from their J6 SHAME to believe more dumb crap... I remember when Men never idolized other men.. but you MAGATS would eat corn out of trumps turds while he shat upon the Constitution. Vets against Dump
The I-35 bridge was designed by an engineer. How long did that last before falling into the river? Sometimes, people who actually build things know how to do it better. Hence why it lasted this long.
Yeah, totally not important to upkeep the integrity of the dam; let's just be like, "omg, so historic, a hundred years," and then be like, "oh, yeah -- not even on our property soooo not our problem 🤷." Thanks for sharing. This is annoying. P.S. Fix the DAM thing.
Those complaining about foreign aid, that really is a small amount compared to what is spent in the US. If you want to complain about something that sucks up a s-ton of money, how about subsidizing single mothers.
People commenting about how crappy the dam is / was and they fail to notice the dam hasn’t failed yet. The electric company dropped the ball here in my opinion. When heavy rains come dam operators need to open the flood gates to release the excess water. This dam held and the excess water had to go somewhere so it went around the dam. The people that lost structures should sue or be compensated for the power companies ignorance. This didn’t have to happen at all.
So instead of doing an engineering study on this dam and realizing that it is unstable, they decided to ignore the problem and push it on a different government body. I guarantee you that nobody will ever claim full responsibility here.
So they knew about it but didn't put the time into fix it, I feel people in charge of these Forest Services should either get more help or actually do some improvement projects. Thankfully the Dam was more like a beaver dam so not too much damage from the new flow
Wasn’t designed by an engineer, almost 100 years old , built of earth , had very little maintenance, probably built by hand ! Seems to me it was very well constructed then ! Just sayin them old timers had it going 👍🏻
I was told those Earthin' Dams were built during the Great Depression, part of the Government Work Programs to get people "working". The Dams were built, I wasn't told what the Dams were made with, BUT the Counties were to Budget $ $ $ for FUTURE improvements/ replacements. These Dams were supposed to last about 25 YEARS NOT to last 75 to 100 YEARS!
How about looking into repairing or even better replacing hundred year old anything. You don't live in hundred year old house without repairs. Your body won't last a hundred years without repairs. Spend some money to help Americans first.
Nature doing what Nature does best, redesigning mother earth . Unfortunately someone put a small speed-bump in the path. No problem Nature took care it !! Its on federal forest land - Nature happens !!
One small low lying area was flooded several years :) So, the COUNTY decided to move an old, narrow, cement bridge to where the flood waters went into area farmer's fields so they can't plant crops. It wasn't more than a YEAR {chuckling}, the small "brook" decided to MOVE BACK. . .to it's original place where it had been for hundreds of years. :) :) :) BOY! Was the COUNTY Father's "M A D"! ! ! The farmer's effected could "tile" their low lying fields and they'd be "fine" IF THE "BROOK" DECIDES TO MOVE AGAIN :) :) :)
I'm "asking"? How much money does it take to maintain the Dams yearly and compare it to the COSTS and TIME to PLAN to MOVE A WHOLE TOWN/VILLAGE to higher ground? ? {me chuckling} Then all these OTHER Dams ABOVE the Towns/Villages break, break, plus a large amount of rain. . the NEWLY Located Towns/Villages are being Flooded out again!
"wasnt designed by say an engineer" no... but it has lasted FAR FAR longer than most things designed by engineers today if that tells you anything... so yea, there's also Roman roads still in use after 2000 years and they can't even get a modern one built on the same principles to last 10 years... i think our engineers now a days are a lot stupider than even just 100+ years ago!
