• Pit 5 Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Pit River in Shasta County, northeastern California, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Big Bend...
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    their Shasta Lake arms is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Shasta Dam. The main stem of the Pit River is 207 miles (333 km) long, and some water in the system...
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    Pit No. 6 Dam or Pit 6 Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Pit River in northern California. Its power station generates up to 79 MW. The dam, built in...
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    Pit-3 Dam (also known as Pit Number Three Dam and Dam Number Three) is a hydroelectric dam on the Pit River in northern California in the United States...
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    (AEPN-E). Those referred to as "in pit" have only small containing embankments. In Aurora South lease the main tailings dam will be the External Tailings Area...
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    Geological Survey. It proposed a large dam across the Sacramento River just downstream of its confluence with the Pit River near the copper mining town of...
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    The Daniel-Johnson dam (French: Barrage Daniel-Johnson), formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple-arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River that creates...
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    The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a dog breed recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA), but not...
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    Interstate 5 on its upper deck and Union Pacific Railroad on its lower deck, was built in 1942 as part of the construction of the Shasta Dam/Shasta Lake...
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    Sunrise Dam began operation in the first quarter of 2009. 2007 saw production increase by 29% to a record 600,000 ounces. The GQ zone in the open pit provided...
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     NV-27-Y, "Hoover Dam, Henderson–Mead Transmission Line 2", 29 photos, 7 data pages, 5 photo caption pages HAER No. NV-42, "Arizona Gravel Pit Road, 6 to 8...
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    extracts rock or minerals from the earth using a pit, sometimes known as a borrow pit.[citation needed] Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially...
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    as a new title sponsor, changing the team's name to PHM AIX Racing. DAMS became DAMS Lucas Oil following a strengthened sponsorship deal with American oil...
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    the formation of a huge pit in the apron downstream the dam. And a structure protecting the ‘toe’ and foundation of the main dam has weakened. Efforts are...
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    McCloud River (category Pit River)
    tributary of the Pit River, which in turn flows into the Sacramento River. The three rivers join in Shasta Lake, formed by Shasta Dam north of Redding...
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    Shasta Lake (category Pit River)
    the lake. Shasta Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1945 across the Sacramento River, and Shasta Lake was formed in 1948. The Pit River, McCloud River...
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    A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions...
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    Big Bend, California (category Pit River)
    and Electric Company began construction on the Pit Five Hydroelectric Dam and Pit Five Power House. The dam construction brought thousands of jobs and people...
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  • Exact pitting test procedures are specified in the ASTM G48 standard. Gerhard Schiroky, Anibal Dam, Akinyemi Okeremi, Charlie Speed (2013). "Pitting and...
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    production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 miles (1,210 m) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (3.0 sq mi;...
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  • Nonferrous Metal Mining Group. On 12 March 2017, the open-pit mine was the site of a tailings dam failure which killed at least 2 workers. The operating...
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    Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. The population was 16,708 at the 2020...
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    makes it into clothing for Jean. Jean breaks his leg when he falls into a pit made by the trapper, who rescues him and takes him on as his protege. Wolves...
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    the workers. These dredges would pump material from nearby borrow pits to the dam site where it was discharged by pipes along the outside edges of the...
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  • earthquake Ah Pah Dam (defunct) Auburn Dam (defunct) Centennial Dam Sites Reservoir Temperance Flat Dam California State Water Project List of dam removals in...
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    Hansen Dam is a flood control dam in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The dam was...
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    concreting slopes of the left bank dam began 1964 September: shipyards were put into operation November: flooding of the pit and the Dnipro overpass December:...
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    Ekati Diamond Mine (category Open-pit mines)
    mining needs the construction of frozen dam cores with heat pipes that inhibits water transfer to the open pit during mining activities. Between 1998 and...
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    in centuries past, such as the "Patched Fighting Terrier", "Staffordshire Pit-dog", "Brindle Bull", and "Bull-and-Terrier". Similar crosses also had aliases...
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    Adelaide are provided via the Olympic Dam Airport. BHP planned to expand the mine by establishing a new open cut pit and building extensive supporting infrastructure...
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