General Information
| Other name(s): | Bayless Dam |
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| Completion: | December 1909 |
| Status: | destroyed (30 September 1911) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Gravity dam |
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| Material: |
Concrete dam |
Location
| Location: |
Austin, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Impounded: |
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| Coordinates: | 41° 39' 10.40" N 78° 5' 7.30" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 15.24 m | |
| length | 164.6 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 86 000 |
Materials
| dam structure |
concrete
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Chronology
| 30 September 1911 | Dam collapses due to unsafe ground conditions causing scouring and uplift of the foundations. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2005): Austin Dam, Pennsylvania: The Sliding Failure of a Concrete Gravity Dam. In: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 11, n. 1 (February 2005), pp. 61-72.
- The Failure of the Austin Dam. In: Scientific American, v. 105, n. 16 (14 October 1911), pp. 331-332.
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 330-331.
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20003710 - Published on:
18/06/2002 - Last updated on:
07/06/2019
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