When the Americans broke off the pursuit, Vincent continued his retreat to Beaver Dams, near present-day Thorold, Ontario, where he gathered in the other British regular detachments from Fort Erie and other posts higher up the Niagara, and temporarily disbanded the militia, before falling back to Burlington Heights near the western end of Lake Ontario.

Dams were used to control the water level, for Mesopotamia's weather affected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and could be quite unpredictable.

It has been suggested that Reith's win prompted federal Labor to harden their No Dams platform from sympathetic words to a promise of federal intervention to stop the dam, despite anticipating how unpopular mainland intervention would be in Tasmania's five federal seats.

The photograph portrayed a section of the Franklin River which was to be submerged by the proposed Franklin Dam and spearheaded the visual appeal of the Franklin River in the contentious ' No Dams ' campaign of 1982.

Articles about specific dams ( for example, the Three Gorges Dam ) can be found by looking in the subcategories of: Category: Dams by country and: Category: Dams by type.

During the Franklin River ' No Dams ' campaign it was common for members of families to be in conflict with one another by being aligned with the HEC proposals or the Conservationists.

Dams may also have bottom outlets with valves or gates which may be operated to release flood flow, and a few dams lack overflow spillways and rely entirely on bottom outlets.

Dams have been proposed to be built on the river to control flows, but these plans have largely stalled because of the river's unique free-flowing status.

Dams were built where the reservoir's edge was proposed to be, sea water was drained out and replaced with fresh water.

Because the dam is located near a seismically active fault zone and was determined to be seismically vulnerable, in 2001 the California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams ( DSOD ) has restricted the reservoir to approximately 30 percent of its original capacity () until the deficiencies are corrected.

Dams and the reservoirs can be used to supply drinking water, generate hydroelectric power, increasing the water supply for irrigation, provide recreational opportunities and to improve certain aspects of the environment.

The biggest of the three Subiaco Dams was to be the highest dam in the world until its destruction in 1305.

A 2005 report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund found Paradise to be one of the six worst-planned dams since the World Commission on Dams in 2000.

He had left nearby RAF Benson at 07: 30hrs to ensure that he could be at the Dams at first light.

Dams across the river were built at Waldersea and Guyhirne, and an underwater weir was constructed below the bridge at Wisbech.

Birchinlee is the site of " Tin Town ", a village built by the Derwent Valley Water Board for the workers ( and their families ) who constructed the Derwent and Howden Dams between 1902 and 1916.

Additional dams, such as the Pinto and O ' Sullivan Dams, were constructed alongside siphons and canals, creating a vast irrigation supply network called the Columbia Basin Project.

Dams constructed upstream on the Ruby and Beaverhead rivers store surplus water from spring runoff which is released to augment natural flows during the summer irrigation season.

Five dams have been constructed for recreation and tourist water supply: Rhodes Dam and Mare Dam on the Mare River, Lake Gulliver and Purdon Dams on tributaries of the Mare River and Udu Dam on a tributary of the Nyangombe River.

Dams were also constructed on the Mayo river.

Dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the Busse Lake.

The Indian National Congress party won all the state elections from the emergence of the state in 1953 till 1983. Projects like Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam Dams were constructed during this time.

* 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.

The Report of the World Commission on Dams also includes in the large category, dams, such as barrages, which are between 5 and 15 meters high with a reservoir capacity of more than 3 million cubic meters.

Dams were built on the brook, creating Deans Pond.

* Beaver Dams – A hamlet in the southwest corner of the town on NY-414.

* North Beaver Dams – A location north of Beaver Dams on County Road 19.

Rapid City's location on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids, together with the hydroelectric plants of the Mainstem Dams on the Missouri River and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming make it one of the points where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa.

Rapid City's location on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids, together with the hydroelectric plants of the Mainstem Dams on the Missouri River and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming make it one of the points where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa.

Quogue Dam, as well as both Lower and Upper Aetna Lake Dams failed, with high water levels on portions of Ballinger Run exceeeding 500-year flood elevations

; Dams on the Orange River ( or tributaries )

In 1938 and 1955, the lake flooded, which prompted the construction of the Terminus and Success Dams on the Kaweah and Tule Rivers in Tulare County and Pine Flat Dam on the Kings River in Fresno County.

On the evening of 22 June, Laura became aware of plans for a surprise American attack on British troops led by Lieutenant James FitzGibbon at Beaver Dams, which would have furthered American control in the Niagara Peninsula.

A small British force and a larger contingent of Mohawk warriors were then readied for the American attack with the result that most of the American forces were casualties or taken prisoner in the ensuing Battle of Beaver Dams on 24 June.

The largest, Chinchilla weir ( Qld, Australia 1973 ), is listed as a " large dam " by the International Commission on Large Dams.

In the Tasmanian Dams case, the court indicated that it would interpret the power to uphold legislation regulating the non-trading activities of corporations, although it did not decide the case on that basis.

Dams and hydro-electric generating stations were built on the Puntledge, Jordan River |, and Elk River in the 1920s.

Dams have been built on the Middle and Upper Geum to facilitate water for agriculture and industry.

Following the hill down into Sheffield, it passes the New Norfolk Arms on the left, with the Rivelin Dams on the right with the Rivelin Rocks high on the left, and leaves the Peak District National Park.

* Miller, Edward, A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hürtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945.

* Washington Post, January 31, 2007: U. S. Orders Modification of Klamath River – Dams Removal May Prove More Cost-Effective for allowing the passage of Salmon

Category: Dams on the Columbia River

Category: Dams on the Columbia River

Category: Dams on the Columbia River

Category: Dams on the Columbia River

Category: Dams on the Columbia River

On, 1964, the Columbia River Treaty was ratified and included an agreement by Canada to construct the Duncan, Keenleyside and Mica Dams upstream.

He designed and installed one of the first complete lock and dam systems in Western Virginia on the Coal River ; today recognized as the Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District.

The Sacramento Canals Division of the CVP takes water from the Sacramento River much farther downstream of the Shasta and Keswick Dams.

Category: Dams in the Mekong River Basin

Dams, levees, and barriers were built along the White River in hopes of preventing major flooding, but in 1933 a large flood inundated the region.

* White River Journal: Flooding, Dams, and Renamed Rivers

Lock & Dams are listed north to south, river mile indicates distance from mouth of the Mobile River into Mobile Bay.