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Big Dams of the American West

Season 34 Episode 3

Beginning in the 1930s, large dams were built on important watersheds.

After the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, engineers applied lessons learned to expansive dam projects in the American West.

AIR DATE 5/3/22

William Mulholland

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