The Miami Conservancy District flood control project was the direct result of the disastrous flood of 1913, when waters from the Miami, Stillwater, and Mad rivers flooded Dayton and surrounding communities in the Miami Valley. More than 400 lives were lost and property damage exceeded $100 million. When Dayton flooded, great fires raged, adding to the devastation. Many believed that the area would never recover.
Retardation Basin
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Image Credit:
Courtesy Flickr/bobosh_t (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Image Caption:
The Taylorsville Dam, one of the five dry damns to come out of the Miami Conservancy District
Era_date_from:
1922
1972
- Concrete Conduit
- Dry Dam
- Earth-Core
- Flood Control
- Flood Prevention Committee
- Great Depression
- Levee
- Mad River
- Miami Conservancy District
- Miami River
- Retardation Basin
- Stillwater River
- 1920-1929
- 1922
- 1972
- 45424
- ASCE
- Civil
- Flood Prevention Committee
- Great Dayton Flood
- Morgan, Arthur Ernest
- OH
- USA
- Water Supply & Control
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The Miami Conservancy District flood control project was the direct result of the disastrous flood of 1913, when waters from the Miami, Stillwater, and Mad rivers flooded Dayton and surrounding communities in the Miami Valley. More than 400 lives were lost and property damage exceeded $100…
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