National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Farnham Reservoir Dam (MA 00314), Housatonic River Basin, Washington, Massachusetts. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

The dam is a concrete gravity dam 750 ft. long and about 105 ft. high. The dam is in poor condition. It is large in size and has a high hazard potential. Failure of the dam will pose a serious threat to two houses and two water supply structures, as well as access to the road to the dam.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
ADA154499

Entities

Organizations

  • New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Massachusetts
  • New England
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Visual Inspection
  • Water
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.