4. The great reservoirs not only will hold back the floods, but they will hold enough water so that a minimum stream depth for navigation can be preserved in dry periods. This will afford [...]Read More... from On This Day | Why[...]
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On This Day | Taming the Mighty Missouri
These are the reservoirs to be created by the dams with which man will at last tame, harness and use the mighty Missouri river for a magnificent new source of power, irrigation and flood [...]Read More... from On This Day | Taming[...]
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On This Day | A Big Dam Boom Town
Riverdale will house the engineering and construction personnel who direct and build the $100,000,000 Garrison dam, the largest earthfill dam in the world. When completed, the town will provide permanent and temporary quarters for [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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Army Corps upgrading Garrison Dam spillway after historic 2011 flooding
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on shoring up Garrison Dam’s spillway, which is used to release water from Lake Sakakawea when water levels are high. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., announced in a news release Friday that the Corps was[...]