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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show A Problem Not Easily Solved StandardNET www.standard.net StandardNET Home | Site Index | Search | News Most U.S. dams are high-hazard Wednesday, June 07, 2000 Standard-Examiner staff and wire WASHINGTON -- The roaring mass of water and debris seemed to charge out from the giant video screen, loud and frightening, a small sample of what it might have been like 111 years ago when floodwaters destroyed Johnstown, Pa. As the privately owned South Fork dam gave way, it sent a wall of water-lubricated debris downstream to Johnstown a mass of railroad cars, broken trees and buildings, barbed wire, farm animals and implements and dead and dying people all churning wildly together. For a gathering of dam safety experts who recently viewed a video presentation on Johnstown, one the nation's most infamous flood disasters, it raised a sobering question: Could a failed dam cause such a tragedy again, claiming more than 2,000 lives? Unfortunately, the answer may be yes, because 9,326 of the 80,000 dams that dot the United States are rated high-hazard, meaning that if they fail for any reason, loss of life and serious property damage would result. Utah has 214 high-hazard dams, with three of those ~ Pineview, Wanship and Echo --in Weber County. Engineers also believe Pineview has the potential to collapse in a moderate to serious earthquake, which is why the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to reinforce the structure beginning around this fall. 300 News National SportsNET Business Y2K Entertainment Community TX. Obituaries Opinion Columnists Weather Web Extras E-mail this story to friend Submit letter to the Editor Vote for the Top 20 Utah news stories of the 20th century |