Sunday, October 05, 2008



Another view of Oroville Dam. It was under construction from 1961 to opening in 1968. The tallest dam in the United States it stands 770 feet tall and is 6,920 feet long. It was not known until 1975 when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred that the dam sits on top of an active faultline.

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