Web Directory

» About Dams
   A range of topics from the International Rivers Networks including social, environmental and economic impacts, and dam performance and safety.
   http://www.irn.org/basics/ard/index.php?id=dams.html

» Building The Ultimate Dam
   Donald Jackson of the History Department, Lafayette College, describes his book on John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the American West. Excerpts and illustrations.
   http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~jacksond/ultdam.html

» California Dam Safety
   Reviews plans and specifications for the construction of new dams or for the enlargement, alteration, repair, or removal of existing dams. Includes technical references, statutes and regulations.
   http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/

» Dam Design
   Features a range of information for undergraduate studies. Topics include loadings, geology, site investigations, and construction. Compiled by Andrew Graham at Durham University.
   http://www.dur.ac.uk/~des0www4/cal/dams/

» Dams
   Illustrated project by Diana Biggs, on the social and environmental impacts of large dams. Includes case studies.
   http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001/dbiggs/index.html

» Deltaworks
   Includes the history of the 1953 flooding in The Netherlands and series of dams created to prevent this from happening again.
   http://www.deltawerken.com/

» Elan Valley Dams
   History of the dams, reservoirs, and 73 mile aqueduct of the Elan Valley waterworks in mid-Wales. From the Powys digital history project.
   http://history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/elanmenu.html

» Geoguide Dams
   Basic animated guide to the before, during, and after phases of dam construction.
   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/geoguide/dams/index.html

» German Dam Research and Technology:
   Provides links to publications that show progress in German dam research and case histories where modern techniques had been used. Publications in pdf format.
   http://germannatcom-icold.de/german_research/

» High Masonry Dams.
   Full text of John McMaster's 1876 publication.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGL8574

» Holding Back the Waters — Dams as Water Resource Monuments
   Article by Joe Gelt which details the range of dams and the regulations that control them.
   http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/arroyo/092dams.html

» Introduction to Dams
   Topics include the societal nature of dams and opposition to, examples of failures, and types.
   http://simscience.org/cracks/advanced/dams1.html

» Karun III
   Project history, news, technical data and photographs. Arch dam located on the Karun river in Iran.
   http://www.karun3.com/home.asp

» Parker Dam
   Guide from Desert USA to the deepest dam in the world, built in the 1930s on the Colorado River. Includes history, photographs and visitor information.
   http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/parker_dam/du_parkerdam.html

» Parker Dam and Powerplant
   Comment and photographs from the Bureau of Reclamation.
   http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/pao/parker.html

» Pensacola Dam
   Provides a range of photographs and commentary on the history and construction of this 1938 dam located on the Grand river in Oklahoma.
   http://www.grandlakewebs.com/history/

» Tailings Dam Safety
   Topics include current issues, safety, dam properties and failures. From the WISE uranium project.
   http://www.wise-uranium.org/indexm.html

» The Dam Site
   A range of topics from Richard Woodward, including how dams are built and work, geology, and the environment.
   http://members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/

» The Los Angeles Dam Story
   Illustrated article on the progress in designing critical structures to avoid damage during large earthquakes.
   http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/LADamStory/