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The nearly 300-meter tall Vaiont Dam was the tallest in Europe when it was completed. In the fall of 1963 heavy rains weakened a shale layer south of the reservoir. On October 9 the shale gave way and the overlying layers slid downhill into the reservoir.
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THE VAJONT (Vaiont) LANDSLIDE ... 1. Prior to the Completion of the Dam ... Whilst a proposal to site a dam at this location was made in the 1920's, excavation of the site began in 1956 and the dam was completed in 1960. The completed doubly curved arch dam was, at 265.5 metres above the valley floor, the worlds highest thin...
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The Vaiont Dam disaster of 1963 was a classic slope stability failure. Ironically, the dam itself did not fail and stands today. The dam is a thin concrete wedge in a narrow gorge. A vast soil mass falling into the reservoir triggered a massive wave that blew over the dam and destroyed villages downstream.
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The reservoir that occupied this valley prior to October of 1963 was contained by the Vaiont Dam. The bare rock surface on the mountain side marks the location of a gigantic slide that fell into the lake and now fills the valley.
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Research Vaiont Dam and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. ... 858 ft (262 m) high, on the Vaiont River, a tributary of the Piave River, in Venetia, NE Italy, near Belluno. Vaiont Dam, one of the highest in the world, was completed in 1961 and is used to generate electricity.
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The Vaiont Dam was built in 1961 in northeastern Italy. Two years later, a massive rock slide produced a 200-ft wall of water that spilled over the top of the dam and drowned over 2,000 people. ... Vaiont Dam Disaster - An Object lesson in Standards Compliance...
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Dam completed in 1961, measuring 262m high, and 27m thick at the base. It was built under Mount Toc, 100km north of Venice, Italy. In October 1963, heavy rains caused a massive landslide, and the shifted debris fell into the reservoir of the dam.
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The Vaiont Dam was built in 1961 in northeastern Italy. Two years later, a massive rock slide produced a 200-ft wall of water that spilled over the top of the dam and drowned over 2,000 people. The Vaiont Dam Disaster was not due to a poor foundation or other structural flaw.
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Italy - the world’s tallest double thin arch dam. The mass moved approximately 500 m at speeds as great as 30 m/sec. It displaced the water in the reservoir ... The dam still stands today: the reservoir slopes failed, but the dam did not. This disaster sparked renewed attention to slope stability around the world.
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