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    The Gleno Dam was a multiple arch buttress dam on the Gleno Creek in the Valle di Scalve, northern Province of Bergamo, Italy. The dam was built between...
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    causes of dam failure include: Sub-standard construction materials/techniques (Gleno Dam) Spillway design error (near failure of Glen Canyon Dam, Walnut...
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    examples such as the Daniel-Johnson Dam (1968) and Itaipu Dam (1982). However, as a result of the failure of the Gleno Dam shortly after it was constructed...
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  • Dam Gleno Dam Lei Dam Piastra Dam Place Moulin Dam Ponte Cola Dam - Lake Val Vestino Punt dal Gall Dam Santa Giustina Dam Speccheri Dam Subiaco Dams Vajont...
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  • 18 May 2018. Luino, Fabio; Tosatti, Giovanni; Bonaria, Vittorio (2014). "Dam Failures in the 20th Century: Nearly 1,000 Avoidable Victims in Italy Alone"...
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    December The following events occurred in December 1923: The damburst of the Gleno Dam killed 356 people in the province of Bergamo, sweeping away people in...
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    Victor Emmanuel in Darfo Boario Terme after the Gleno Dam disaster, 1923...
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  • erupts in Italy, making 60,000 homeless 1 December – In Italy, the Gleno Dam on the Gleno River, in the Valle di Scalve in the northern province of Bergamo...
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    Brescia. In 1923 several houses suffer damage from the failure of the Gleno Dam (Italy), with 46 deaths among the inhabitants. Parish Church of San Lorenzo...
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  • California, United States 423 2 December 1959 Malpasset Dam failure 356 1 December 1923 Gleno Dam failure Bergamo, Italy 250–434 18 August 2008 Koshi Barrage...
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