The Catastrophic Night When Not One, But Two Dams Gave Way

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeMar 24, 202214m

The Catastrophic Night When Not One, But Two Dams Gave Way

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeMar 24, 202214m

It was a horrific disaster. Two earthen dams, built in the 1800s, collapsed. It sent 140 million gallons of water barreling down into Danbury, Connecticut. The tragic deaths and mind-numbing property damage that it caused devastated the city - and worried reservoir managers nationwide about the safety of relatively new earthen dams.

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