Dams General

 
Tignes, the highest arch dam in France.
Tignes, the highest arch dam in France.
(photo Coyne et Bellier)

Dams are some of the most spectacular achievements of modern industrial engineering. By their very size and complexity they represent veritable milestones in the field of engineering and have a major effect on their surroundings...

We are specialy indebted to Jean-Louis Bordes, who provided the texts, and to the firm Coyne & Bellier from which most of the pictures are coming.

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What is a dam?
Published on 28 January 2008 (updated on 25 February 2010)
 
 
 
Various types of dams
Published on 28 January 2008