China's Three Gorges Dam was built to protect more than 360 million people from devastating floods that occur almost every 10 ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. Locks and dams are a distinct feature of the ...

A dam without a spillway is a disaster waiting to happen. Learn how these vital structures control floods, balance water ...

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused devastating effects for Louisianans when the levees meant to protect residents ...

Many famous examples of hydroelectric power plants, like Hoover Dam, help power millions of homes through nature's own force, providing renewable energy.

Starcke Dam and Lake Marble Falls The smallest dam of the Highland Lakes, it was created in 1951 and serves Burnet County. This was the last dam to be completed of the Highland Lakes.

Dam 'works like a charm' ENDERLIN, N.D. - The Maple River Dam took five decades of planning and persistence in navigating the wilderness of the federal bureaucracy before the embankment was ...

Alpine Dam was built as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal-era public works program, which put 8.5 million people to work across the country to combat the Great Depression.

The construction of locks and dams, a major feat of engineering that occurred largely during the Great Depression, has transformed how the Mississippi River runs.