Dams are prime examples of humanity’s ability to manipulate nature to its own ends.

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Plans for a massive 15-story dam on the Penobscot River were abandoned on this day in 1986, considered one ...

Formerly known as the Millennium Dam, it is a gravity dam located in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. GERD is a roller compacted concrete gravity dam that's 1,800 metres long and 175 metres ...

Texas is a big state and over the years many military bases have been scattered all over. However, many of those military ...

it is a gravity dam located in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. GERD is a roller compacted concrete gravity dam that’s 1,800 metres long and 175 metres high. It will create a reservoir ...

To complete an embankment, many 75-centimeter-thick layers of cement and other materials must be formed across the 755-meter-long dam site. It takes 70 hours to press and finish one layer.

Everything to know about seeing Hoover Dam, including the security checkpoint, whether there's a lot of walking and how to get dam-tour tickets.

"The reconstruction of the breached portion will be undertaken and completed soon," an irrigation department official said. The damage to the check dam, which is made of cement and concrete, is ...