| 词条 | Austin Dam failure |
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This is about the dam in Austin, Texas in 1900; for the dam in Austin, Pennsylvania see Austin Dam The Austin Dam, also referred to as "The Great Granite Dam" failure was a catastrophic dam failure near Austin, Texas that killed several dozen people in 1900. The destruction of the dam drained the Lake McDonald reservoir and left the city of Austin without electrical power for a number of months. "At 11.20 a.m. on April 7, when the lake level had reached a height of 11.07 feet above the crest of the dam, the dam gave way at a point . . . about 300 feet from the east end of the dam. Observers [at three different points] all agree in their testimony that it first opened [at the point about 300 feet from the east end of the dam], and as though the mad current had simply pushed its way through the structure. Sooner than it takes to write these words the two sections . . . each about 250 feet long, were shoved or pushed into the lower positions . . . , about 60 feet from their former positions in the dam. There was not the slightest overturning. . . . Subsequent attempts to rebuild the dam were unsuccessful. The dam was finally replaced by the Tom Miller Dam in the 1940s. References1. ^http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/landscapes/publications/txu-oclc-2564523/txu-oclc-2564523-003.html Further reading
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