) The town was known for its sheep farming and other agrarian pursuits in its early years, with some industry along the South River which was washed out in a dam break in 1869.

Parts of the dam were washed out by floods in 1880 and 1884.

( The dam washed away long after this.

About 14, 500 years ago, the lake level fell catastrophically as Lake Bonneville overflowed near Red Rock Pass, Idaho and washed away a natural dam formed by opposing overlapping alluvial fans.

Unfortunately the dam proved unequal to the spring floods and for three successive years it was washed out.

The rest of the dam broke into numerous smaller and several large pieces, most of which were washed downstream.

The last dam and its powerhouse was destroyed by an unusually high spring freshet, exacerbating the spring flood of May 1, 1923, which also washed out the bridge that crossed the Meduxnekeag.

Creed in his helicopter is washed away as the dam breaks down.

Although no one knows how long it took, the Columbia River eventually broke through the dam and washed away most of the debris, forming the Cascade Rapids.

On August 14, the terminal moraine was washed away after rains had raised the water level behind the dam it formed to above sea level.

Ocoee # 2 dam diverted water, from the middle section of the river, through the flume, until a 2010 rock slide washed out part of the flume, which is currently under repair.

The dam was poorly constructed and almost immediately the Torrens washed it away.

After the Gasper dam burst upriver in the summer of 1917, much of the machinery was washed from the factory and it took a number of years for industry to re-start on the site.

The dam washed out in 1948 but remains are still visible.

He built a dam and a mill that were washed away by flood waters in 1797.

The original dam was washed away and the citizens of Le Roy rebuilt it and named the body of water " Lake Louise " for Hambrecht's sister.

Catching their prey becomes all the more easy if it is already wounded or dead, and blue cats are noted for feeding beneath marauding schools of striped bass in open water in reservoirs or feeding on wounded baitfish that have been washed through dam spillways or power generation turbines.

The first dam was washed away by floods, and a second masonry dam was constructed in 1895.

The lock and dam system was repeatedly washed out by floods but continued to be rebuilt by investors.

Around 1850, a dam was built in the river next to Dikgatlong, but it was washed away during a flood in 1856.

Three-quarter siblings are horses out of the same dam, and are by sires that are either half-brothers ( i. e. same dam ) or who are by the same sire.

* Medical gloves made out of latex, vinyl, nitrile, or polyurethane may be used as a makeshift dental dam during oral sex, or to protect the hands during sexual stimulation, such as masturbation.

The SEALs and GROM on foot fast-roped out of their helicopters and immediately stormed the dam.

When the dam had filled, which might take up to a year, the gate was opened and the logs floating above the dam were pushed out through the hole and swept down to the sea.

The National People's Congress approved the dam in 1992: out of 2, 633 delegates, 1, 767 voted in favour, 177 voted against, 664 forfeited, and 25 members did not vote.

Daniel Defoe enlivens this account of the Waveney's Broads course: The River Waveney is a considerable river, and of a deep and full channel, navigable for large barges as high as Beccles ; it runs for a course of about fifty miles, between the two counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, as a boundary to both ; and pushing on, tho ' with a gentle stream, towards the sea, no one would doubt, but, that when they see the river growing broader and deeper, and going directly towards the sea, even to the edge of the beach ; that is to say, within a mile of the main ocean ; no stranger, I say, but would expect to see its entrance into the sea at that place, and a noble harbour for ships at the mouth of it ; when on a sudden, the land rising high by the sea-side, crosses the head of the river, like a dam, checks the whole course of it, and it returns, bending its course west, for two miles, or thereabouts ; and then turning north, thro ' another long course of meadows ( joining to those just now mention'd ) seeks out the River Yare, that it may join its water with hers, and find their way to the sea together.

The tooth crown stands out from the rubber dam through individual holes made by a hole punch.

Two years later, a flood curtailed rebuilding efforts by washing out the local dam.

A study in the 1980s found that a moderate earthquake " between 5. 7 to 6. 6 would cause sand underneath the dam to liquefy into quicksand, causing the dam to spread out and the top to drop up to three feet.

Prior to 1825, there was a dam where the sluice is located, and water was let out of the washland by cutting a slot in it, which the flood water enlarged as it passed through.

Additional reconstruction was undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s, including moving the fort out of range of water which the dam would raise.

During the Second World War, high unemployment in Copenhagen led authorities to drain a large part of the sea, west of the island, and build a dam to hold out the water, effectively adding one half of Amager's previous area to the island.

The cofferdam enabled the water inside the dam to be pumped out and the foundation built " in the dry.

Sightseeing driving tours to the key locations of the Scheme are popular out of regional centres like Tumut, Adaminaby and Jindabyne along roads built for the Scheme like the Snowy Mountains Highway and Alpine Way and towards sights like Cabramurra ( Australia's " highest town "), spectacular dam walls, and scenic lakes.

The bomb exploded, but when he turned his Lancaster to assess the damage it turned out that only a section of the crest of the dam had been blown off: the main body of the dam itself was still functional.

Sweetman also points out that the Ennepe-Wasserverband authority was adamant that only a single bomb was dropped near the Ennepe Dam during the entire war, and that this bomb fell into the woods by the side of the dam, not in the water, as in Townsend's report.

The dam near the Chicopee River gave way washing out the railroad tracks and parts of Mountain Rd and Boston Rd.

In 2007, the destruction of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River was the first dam removal in the system.

The double curvature concrete arch dam was constructed between 1955 and 1959 by Impresit of Italy at a cost of $ 135, 000, 000 for the first stage with only the Kariba South power cavern.

The prestigious Inga Project was launched in the early 1970's and at that time the first dam was completed.

" Antero " is derived from the Spanish word " first ," as it was the first dam on the South Platte River near the river's origin.

Roman workforces also were the first to build dam bridges, such as the Bridge of Valerian in Iran.

Spillway on Llyn Brianne dam, Wales soon after first fill.

While flowing from the sluices, coarse material is deposited first and then finer material is deposited ( fine material has a slower terminal velocity thus takes longer to settle, see Stoke's Law ) as the flow velocity is reduced towards the center of the dam.

Wilson Dam, completed in 1924, was the first dam under the authority of TVA, created in 1933.

The mother and pup must learn each other's voices in the first few days after the pup is born, before the dam goes on her next hunt.

It was decided not to build the main dam first, but rather to test the waters with a smaller dam, the Amsteldiepdijk across the Amsteldiep separating the island of Wieringen from the North Holland mainland.

The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.

The construction of Norris Dam, the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, brought major changes to the county in the 1930s.

In 1811, the Norfleet family built the first dam at the millpond.

However, during the 1870s and early 1880s extensive programs of fencing, buildings and dam construction took place as the first phase of European permanent settlement occurred.

The city is home to the site of the first working hydroelectric dam in the world.

Orrin Thompson, from whom the community takes its name, built a dam across Freshwater Brook in 1828 and opened the first carpet mill in 1829.

Electricity was plentiful after the building of the dam and led to Rupert being one of the first cities in the world to have its streets lighted by electricity.

A natural drop in the Apple River made the location ideal as a dam and mill site, the first of which was built in 1829 by James Craig.

A natural drop in the Apple River made the location ideal as a dam and mill site, the first of which was built in 1829 by James Craig.

Its slogan, " Best Town in Illinois by a Dam Site ," is derived from the city's distinction of having the first lock and dam built on the Illinois River.

In 1867, Elkhart Hydraulic Company built the first hydroelectric dam across the St. Joseph River and by 1870, it powered the city.

Among the first projects in 1870 were a stone dam and a wrought iron bridge built on the Big Blue River.