Construction of The Dalles Dam and destruction of Celilo Falls are credited with a decrease in such floods.

* 1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

* 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at.

* 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.

Construction with Argentina of the Salto Grande Dam across the Río Uruguay north of Salto was a major boost to the development of the northern litoral in the 1970s.

* March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.

** Construction of the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Construction work on Shasta Dam in June 1942

Construction of Shasta Dam, the main dam on the Sacramento, started in 1938 and was completed in 1945.

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Construction of the Croton Dam and Aqueduct began in 1837 and was completed in 1842.

Funding sources include the Three Gorges Dam Construction Fund, profits from the Gezhouba Dam, loans from the China Development Bank, loans from domestic and foreign commercial banks, corporate bonds, and revenue before and after the dam is fully operational.

Construction of the Sivand Dam, named for the nearby town of Sivand, began September 19, 2006.

Construction on the Markland Locks and Dam began in 1956 and was completed in 1964.

Construction of the nearby Harlan County Dam in the 1940s nearly doubled the population from 200 to 400.

Construction of Pensacola Dam and Grand Lake o ' the Cherokees put the original town in a flood plain, so the residents moved to high ground outside the proposed lake.

Construction in 1970 of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam, created the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which boosted the local economy by attracting outdoor enthusiasts.

Construction of the Wesley Seale Dam in the late 50s raised the level of the lake to where it became desirable for weekend homes.

Construction of the Shoshone Dam started in 1905, a year after the Shoshone Project was authorized.

The Construction of Guthega Dam brought skiers to the isolated Guthega district and a rope tow was installed there in 1957.

Construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the Egyptian Government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, as the ability to control floods, provide water for irrigation, and generate hydroelectricity were seen as pivotal to Egypt's industrialisation.

Construction of the Hoover Dam began in late 1931 and finished in 1936, two years ahead of schedule.

Image: PalmercarpenterA. jpg | Construction worker at Douglas Dam, Tennessee ( TVA ), 1942

The study of the St. Louis area's economic prospects prepared for the Construction Industry Joint Conference confirms and reinforces both the findings of the Metropolitan St. Louis Survey of 1957 and the easily observed picture of the Missouri-Illinois countryside.

* Report on the Construction of Situations ( 1957 ), by Guy Debord

In June 1957, Debord wrote the manifesto of the Situationist International, titled Report on the Construction of Situations.

Construction started in 1951 and the road was completed in 1957.

Construction of Interstate 85 beginning in 1957 connected Auburn to the major cities of the state.

Construction of Minot AFB began in May 1956, and the base officially opened on January 10, 1957.

Construction started in 1957 and it was declared operational for R-7 rockets in December 1959.

Construction began in 1957 and the plant came fully online in 1960, four years after the first commercial nuclear power reactor, Calder Hall in Sellafield, England.

Construction began in 1955 and was completed in 1957.

Construction started in 1957, and opened in 1960.

Construction began in 1957.

Construction of the McMaster Nuclear Reactor also began in 1957, and was the first university-based research reactor in the Commonwealth when it began operating in 1959.

Construction of a section of the metro in 1957

Construction began in 1955, and the whole four-lane road from Route 102 at the state line to Route 128 in Weston opened on May 15, 1957.

He was Instructor of Mathematics at Harvard University, 1930 – 31, 1933 – 35 ; NRC Fellow, Mathematics, 1931 – 33 ; Assistant Professor, 1935 – 40 ; Associate Professor, 1940 – 46, Professor, 1946 – 52 ; Professor Instructor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1952 – 77 ; Professor Emeritus, 1977 – 89 ; Chairman of the Mathematics Panel, National Science Foundation, 1953 – 56 ; Exchange Professor, Collège de France, 1957 ; Memorial Committee, Support of Research in Mathematical Sciences, National Research Council, 1966 – 67 ; President, International Commission of Mathematical Instruction, 1979 – 82 ; Research Mathematicians, National Defense Research Committee, 1943 – 45 ; Construction of the School of Mathematics.

Construction began in 1957 with the first section, mostly north of LAX Airport being completed in 1961 ( signed as SR 7 ) followed by sections west of Interstate 605 within the following few years.

Garden State Plaza was built in 1957 by the Muscarelle Construction Company for owner / developer R. H. Macy & Co. as an open-air shopping " plaza ".

* 1957: Construction of Britain's first commercial nuclear power facility commenced at Berkeley.

The bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge, designed by Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd. Construction began in November 1957, and the bridge was officially opened on August 25, 1960.

Construction work started in 1957, but by 1959 shifts and fractures were noticed while building a new road on the side of Monte Toc.

Construction started on July 29, 1955, and the park was inaugurated on the Vaisakh Bucha day ( May 13 ) in 1957.

Construction was completed in February 1957, and was officially consecrated on December 11, 1957 by the Most Reverend Francis P. Carroll, Bishop of Calgary.