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Emergency Repair of Allegheny River Lock No. 6

June 12, 2009 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Emergency Repair of Allegheny River Lock No. 6

Severe erosion was discovered on an October 2008 inspection of Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6 near Pittsburgh, PA, a US Army Corps of Engineers structure. In the Q1 2009 issue of PileDriver Magazine […]

Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project
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Foundation Flaws Make Kentucky’s Wolf Creek Dam a High-Risk Priority

March 19, 2012 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Foundation Flaws Make Kentucky’s Wolf Creek Dam a High-Risk Priority

If Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky fails, $6 billion in flood damage is projected to occur downstream. A dam foundation remediation project at Wolf Creek Dam to fix seepage and Karst solutioning problems is a […]

Dennis Miller, former park manager on a dock on the west side of Duke Lake in Ryerson Station State Park. The dam seen in the background, was damaged resulting in the lake being drained in July 2005.
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Coal Mining Company Ordered to pay $21M for Causing Crack in Pennsylvania Dam

November 10, 2010 rockman Failures Comments Off on Coal Mining Company Ordered to pay $21M for Causing Crack in Pennsylvania Dam

In July of 2005, cracks began forming in the concrete dam that created Duke Lake in Ryerson Station State Park in Pennsylvania that required officials to drain the 62-acre lake. The state’s Department of Environmental […]