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Authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1946, construction on Gathright Dam began in 1974 and completed in 1979. The dam sits about 20 miles upstream from Covington, Va., on the Jackson River in Alleghany County, Va. The dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
My first five postings to Flickr, uploaded ten years ago yesterday. The geese came first.
In backwards-N (И) order:
Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California, May 21, 2005
geese, Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California, May 21, 2005
Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California, May 21, 2005
vegetation, Guadalupe River Park at W Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California, May 21, 2005
As described by those posts, pictured are Guadalupe Parkway (State Route 87), the foot of Adobe's corporate headquarters, a couple at the concrete channel's edge, two geese, a weathered edge of the West Santa Clara Street bridge, the San Jose Water Company building, and the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens visitors' center and ranger station, all as of May 21, 2005. The park as a whole was scheduled to open officially on September 10, 2005, but the inner downtown portion had already opened to the public.
Michael J. Kirwan Dam and Reservoir is one of the district’s 16 flood control projects. It provides miles of clean water and scenic country sides, but on Dec. 17 it provided a snowy view for passerby’s to enjoy.
Since its completion in 1965, Kirwan Reservoir has prevented an estimated $755 million in flood damages. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Julie Stone)
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
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Photo taken from the Archives' Public Works collection (2009-23).
Image Title: Falcon Dam
Date: c.1952
Place: Rio Grande, Falcon Heights, Texas
Description/Caption: Building of Falcon Dam on Rio Grande River Falcon Heights, Texas
Medium: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
Photographer/Maker: Unknown
Cite as: TX-A-0013, WaterArchives.org
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SUTTER COUNTY, Calif. — A view of the high water levels on the Feather River near the recently completed setback levee at Star Bend in the Plumas Lake area here, March 18, 2011. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is monitoring flood control projects in the Sacramento region as a series of rainstorms continue to heavily hit northern California. Construction of the Feather River setback levee began in 2008. It was completed in October 2009 by the Sacramento District, the Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority and Teichert Construction. Levee maintenance and repair is the responsibility of local agencies. The Sacramento District continues to coordinate with the California Department of Water Resources and is ready to respond to flood emergencies if the state requests federal assistance. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues work Sept. 7, 2011 on the $380,000 repair, cleaning and grubbing of the Schlatterweiher and Hammerweiher dams at Grafenwoehr training area. The project scope is limited to critical repairs but USACE will also provide plans for reoccurring maintenance in compliance with host nation environmental standards. Read more at www.army.mil/article/64945/ (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Rachel Goodspeed)
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
American journalist who claim america is the one and only super power are mistaken, in my opinion. I once felt that china and the u.S. Would do battle. No longer do i hold such ideas. We are two nations who have too much to lose, thus we most certainly share this opinion in a cold war kind of mutually assured destruction treaty, albeit unsigned, unregistered or formalized. For awhile, i was concerned about our carriers being destroyed, but when i saw this most major project, i knew we were both super powers.
Following completion of the project in March, markers were installed at each of the five drainage culverts.
Crossing the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles River flows under Lankershim Blvd. in Universal City on its way to downtown LA, Long Beach, and finally the Pacific Ocean.
The first of six 1955 vintage Fairbanks Morse engines at the S-5A pump station is headed to Houston for an overhaul. Contractors removed the 10-cylinder opposed piston engine Friday and prepared it for shipment. The engine will be refurbished and converted to dual-fuel operation (natural gas and/or diesel) as part of a $56 million project to ensure the pump station’s continued operation for decades to come.
Located in Palm Beach County, the S-5A is the largest of more than 70 SFWMD pump stations. Operating at full capacity, it can pump up to 3.1 billion gallons of water over a 24-hour period.
Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County Bill Wiley welcomed staff and flood directors from 12 of 15 counties to the inaugural Arizona Flood Control District Directors meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District June 8.
This meeting is similar to the one held annually with seven Southern California agencies to discuss common interest issues.
"This inaugural event was critical to establishing communication and building relationships with the entire state of Arizona's flood control districts," said Col. Kirk Gibbs, District commander. "Many of the districts are very remote and have not worked with the Corps in the past, so this session was great for providing an overview of our capabilities, processes, and accompanying challenges."
Always a key topic of concern, flood districts had money on their minds.
"Arizona as a state did very well in the fiscal year 2017 work plan," said David Van Dorpe, deputy district engineer for programs and project management. "One thing we learned is that several Arizona counties do not have the fiscal resources to address all their water resource needs. However, we identified programs that the Corps can partner with the flood control districts and begin to address their issues."
Van Dorpe and Kim Vitek, chief, programs branch, presented a Civil Works overview touching on budgeting, the Flood Risk Management program and ways the Corps can help local flood control districts.
"The Rehabilitation and Inspection Program is part of our Public Law 84-99 [Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Act] assistance program which allows the Corps to supplement local efforts to repair flood control projects after they get damaged during a flood," said Van Dorpe. "Other possible options are the Corps' Flood Plain Management Services and the Planning Assistance to States programs. These programs allow the Corps to assist state, tribal and local entities with flood plain mapping and other technical services. The PAS program is cost-shared 50/50 and FPMS is 100 percent federal."
On the success of the meeting, "Every FCD left with a greater understanding of what the Corps is about and how they can partner with us in Flood Risk Management, permitting, and disaster response," added Gibbs.
And, according to Gibbs, talks are already underway with Maricopa County to meet again next May in conjunction with another one-day conference for all FCDs to attend.
"We now have a foundation of knowledge about the Corps' set with them," said Gibbs. "I expect we will be able to expand on this throughout the coming year and into the event next year."
construction at the bayou lily end of the comite diversion canal. when it's finished this hole will be over a mile long, a quarter mile wide and 90 feet deep and will be able to dump half of a flooded amite river into the mississippi
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
In 1966, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the Ajo Detention Basin where the present-day Kino Environmental Restoration Project lives.
The basin, in its original state, was effective at flood control, but provided no water harvesting or wildlife habitat.
In the mid 1990s, using the authority of Section 1135, Water Resources Development Act of 1986, that allows the Corps to plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects--or areas degraded by Corps projects--to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife, a plan was formed.
"The Corps and stakeholders from Pima County and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District developed a plan for KERP," said John Drake, a senior civil works project manager. "The modified basin created native ecosystems that are environmentally sensitive."
The project also added to the basin's flood control capacity and allowed for storm water harvesting to meet the irrigation needs of the Kino Sports Complex, Sam Lena Park and numerous sites along Ajo Way. The County estimates an average annual savings of $350,000 in irrigation costs since KERP's completion in 2002.
"The County is very progressive in managing the full purpose of the floodplain; flood conveyance, groundwater recharge and fish and wildlife habitat," added Drake.
KERP works in concert with other basins, like Rodeo, Kolb Road, Arroyo Chico and the Cherry Field complex that doubles as home to the Tucson High Magnet School's baseball and softball teams. The campus of THMS is also the site of the High School Wash Box Culvert inlet completed in April. This segment of the Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project greatly reduced the flood risk for more than 1,000 residential, commercial and industrial structures.
FOLSOM, Calif. — Excavation of Folsom Dam’s new auxiliary spillway continues here, Dec. 29, 2011. The spillway will allow Folsom Dam to release water sooner and more safely. The project is part of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to improve the safety of the dam and reduce flood risk for the greater Sacramento area. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Michael J. Nevins)
I'll swear this night heron was actually posing for me. He allowed me to get quite close and shoot from several different angles. Taken along a flood control canal in Corte Madera, CA.
In 1966, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the Ajo Detention Basin where the present-day Kino Environmental Restoration Project lives.
The basin, in its original state, was effective at flood control, but provided no water harvesting or wildlife habitat.
In the mid 1990s, using the authority of Section 1135, Water Resources Development Act of 1986, that allows the Corps to plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects--or areas degraded by Corps projects--to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife, a plan was formed.
"The Corps and stakeholders from Pima County and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District developed a plan for KERP," said John Drake, a senior civil works project manager. "The modified basin created native ecosystems that are environmentally sensitive."
The project also added to the basin's flood control capacity and allowed for storm water harvesting to meet the irrigation needs of the Kino Sports Complex, Sam Lena Park and numerous sites along Ajo Way. The County estimates an average annual savings of $350,000 in irrigation costs since KERP's completion in 2002.
"The County is very progressive in managing the full purpose of the floodplain; flood conveyance, groundwater recharge and fish and wildlife habitat," added Drake.
KERP works in concert with other basins, like Rodeo, Kolb Road, Arroyo Chico and the Cherry Field complex that doubles as home to the Tucson High Magnet School's baseball and softball teams. The campus of THMS is also the site of the High School Wash Box Culvert inlet completed in April. This segment of the Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project greatly reduced the flood risk for more than 1,000 residential, commercial and industrial structures.
In 1966, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the Ajo Detention Basin where the present-day Kino Environmental Restoration Project lives.
The basin, in its original state, was effective at flood control, but provided no water harvesting or wildlife habitat.
In the mid 1990s, using the authority of Section 1135, Water Resources Development Act of 1986, that allows the Corps to plan, design and build modifications to existing Corps projects--or areas degraded by Corps projects--to restore aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife, a plan was formed.
"The Corps and stakeholders from Pima County and the Pima County Regional Flood Control District developed a plan for KERP," said John Drake, a senior civil works project manager. "The modified basin created native ecosystems that are environmentally sensitive."
The project also added to the basin's flood control capacity and allowed for storm water harvesting to meet the irrigation needs of the Kino Sports Complex, Sam Lena Park and numerous sites along Ajo Way. The County estimates an average annual savings of $350,000 in irrigation costs since KERP's completion in 2002.
"The County is very progressive in managing the full purpose of the floodplain; flood conveyance, groundwater recharge and fish and wildlife habitat," added Drake.
KERP works in concert with other basins, like Rodeo, Kolb Road, Arroyo Chico and the Cherry Field complex that doubles as home to the Tucson High Magnet School's baseball and softball teams. The campus of THMS is also the site of the High School Wash Box Culvert inlet completed in April. This segment of the Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project greatly reduced the flood risk for more than 1,000 residential, commercial and industrial structures.
Glendale Narrows at the Los Angeles River with the downtown skyline in the background. Los Angeles, California, USA
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These are deep water zones A and B at the wetlands in Phoenix Jan. 23, 2010. The phase II of the Tres Rios Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Control Project under the direction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is expected to be complete in March 2010. However, the city of Phoenix is already pouring increased amounts of affluent waste water into the wetlands to abate rising waters in the nearby Salt and Gila Rivers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District built the world's largest manmade wetlands for the city of Phoenix Water Services Department, reaching an environmental-restoration milestone that not only establishes and restores an historical habitat along the banks of the Salt River, but integrates cost-effective water quality improvement, storm water management, water conservation and reuse. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Photo of a Granite Construction crew repaving a section of The Loop along the north bank of the Rillito River between North Oracle Road and North Flowing Wells Road on April 26, 2014. The Pima County project is repaving The Loop from North La Cholla Boulevard to North Campbell Avenue.
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The Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt flood control project / corridor in Scottsdale, Arizona. In and around the vicinity of Eldorado Park and Vista Del Camino Park, and the McDowell Road and Roosevelt Street crossings of the greenbelt. January 2008.
Title: 1908 MKT Washout
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. 1908
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection
Series: Series 3: Photographs
Series 3, Subseries 3, Postcards
Series 3, Subseries 3d, RPPC, Texas
Place: Denison, Grayson County, Texas
Description: A construction crew works on repairing the MKT line after a 1908 flood.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_d_0445_r_denisonwashout_opt.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.
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Image Title: Puddingstone Dam
Date: July 28, 1937
Place: Walnut Creek, San Dimas, California
Description/Caption: On recto, "Cactus pasture in hills so. of Puddingstone Dam. NE. to'ds Baldy."
Medium: vernacular black and white photograph
Photographer/Maker: Charles W. Washburn
Cite as: CA-A-0301, WaterArchives.org
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Image Title: Lucky Peak Dam
Date: 1951
Place: Boise River, 10 miles east of Boise, Idaho
Description/Caption:
Medium: vernacular black and white photograph
Photographer/Maker: Unknown
Cite as: ID-A-0209, WaterArchives.org
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More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower. William Kramer, a dam operator with the district assigned to Prado Dam, shows students the gate controls during a portion of the field trip.