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has to be aware. In this case, this disaster could be avoided, if managers of the coal company took actions. The reason is that the regulation of the dam has been launched, and the potential risks of the dam have been noticed by a senior manager of the coal company. But, until the disaster occurred, no action was taken to remove or reinforcement the dam. As a result, 125 people deceased in this disaster. Although the author has demonstrated that the ethical code of business, as an instrumental requirement

Hoover Dam      The Hoover Dam is one of America¡¦s greatest civil engineering marvels (Hernan 22) and ¡§has become a magnet to those fascinated by human ingenuity at its best¡¨ (Haussler 30). With its enormous size and construction during the Great Depression, it was an interesting topic to me. I would like to major in civil engineering and, at first, I was researching this topic. I was looking for salary and job descriptions. Then, I discovered the name John L. Savage, the engineer who supervised

of America’s most popular attractions the Hoover Dam, may look like a large block of concrete but it is really much more than it appears. “Built during the Depression; thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to tame the Colorado River. It took less than five years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time.” (https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/history/storymain.html) Most people don't know that this gigantic dam is capable of producing enough energy for its surrounding

Hoover Dam is located in black canyon near the colorado river, about 30 miles southeast of las vegas, Nevada. Hoover Dam is made out of a concrete arch- gravity dam, and it’s on the border between the u.s states of Nevada and arizona. The purpose of a dam is to hold the flow of water, and they are often used to help provide power. The idea to build the dam come about in the year 1900. It wasn’t until 1928 that the project was accepted by congress. The construction began in 1931 and they finished

ilson Dam- located in my hometown of Florence, Alabama- is a hydroelectric power-generating dam within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. It was built within the time frame of 1918 to 1924, and its construction was initiated by the events of World War I. Nitrate was a commodity in high demand for its use in explosives, and as the government began to fear a decreasing supply of the substance, the National Defense Act of 1916 was passed which authorized the construction of new nitrate plants

factor, great dams simply make great ruins” (Dupree 1980, Carta 2015). With the development of technologies and resources that help an economy’s growth, dam-building has been a primary focus in many countries around the world. Dams create reservoirs, whose water in turn is used for agricultural irrigation, within the industrial sector, and also as human consumption. In addition, dams are used to create hydroelectric power. With all these positive economic effects, one can argue that dams are necessary

The Hoover Dam Out in the middle of no where, an hour drive away from Las Vegas, NV lies one of the biggest dams and power plants in the world. Built in the heart of the depression, it serves as more than just a barrier from water to pass through. The concrete poured into the walls of Hoover Dam, are made by the sweat and blood of hundreds of Americans who were looking to save themselves, and their families. Residing on the Colorado River, the Hoover dam rises out of

The St. Francis Dam was built in 1926 in the month of May by William Mulholland. Mulholland used concrete as the material to build the damn. The St. Francis Dam was Mulholland’s first concrete based dam. He had previous experience with earthen dams but decided to practice outside of his expertise and use concrete. This decision was was because the mountainous site lacked the sufficient amount of clay or water to construct hydraulic fills. The design of the downstream of the dam was a wide set of

Implications: Why was the building of the dam first proposed in 1919 and by whom? Answer: It was proposed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution, to harness the energy of the Yangtze River. 2 . Historical Implications: Why have archaeologists and historians criticized the building of the Three Gorges Dam? Answer: the Three Gorges Dam because it flooded and destroyed a large number of important cultural and archaeological sites. The dam has caused a lot of ecological changes

Teton Dam Collapse It was a normal day, beautiful even. The sky was clear, it was warm, you wouldn't ever think that today would take multiple lives. There were no clouds in the sky. Little did I know how much my life, and the inhabitants of my hometown, was going to change. I have a family, and my kids were busy, so i suggested that my wife and i go take a walk since the was such a nice day. We were taking a walk around our general area, when we felt a drop of water. It had come from the upper