How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...
Engineering disasters serve as tragic but crucial learning opportunities for the advancement of safety standards and design principles. This collection of 15 catastrophic failures spans nearly 150 ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Residents of the valley of Vajont in Italy had reservations about a new hydroelectric dam--especially when cracks began to appear in the nearby ...