Built between 1931 and 1935, the Art Deco-detailed dam was easily the most expensive engineering project in the U.S. at the time and became the tallest dam in the country at 726 feet tall.

More than 2,000 dams have been removed in America as of February, with the bulk of those having come down within the last 25 years, according to the advocacy group American Rivers. When demolition is ...

Across the U.S., 1,951 dams have been demolished as of February, including 57 in 2021, American Rivers said. Most of those have come down in the past 25 years as facilities age and come up for ...

How Indigenous Activists Lead the Largest Dam Removal Project in American History After almost 20 years of action, members of the Karuk, Hupa, Klamath, Shasta, and Yurok tribes reclaimed the ...

After years of advocacy by Native American groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a recommendation to remove the dams in 2022. Removal began in May 2023. The last of the four dams ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Largest Movable Wicket Dam ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 105 No. 10 (September 1911), p. 204 doi:10.1038 ...

Before a N.C. dam is removed, biologists search for America’s largest salamander Before old mill dams are demolished in the North Carolina mountains, a search and rescue operation begins for the ...