Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [ 8 ] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.

2023年2月8日 · Oroville Dam is the tallest earth-fill dam, at 770-feet, in the United States. Construction first began in 1957 on relocating what is now Highway 70 and the Western Pacific Railroad. Work on the dam site began in 1961.

The first and key unit of the Feather River project, which serves extensive areas in central and southern California hundreds of miles distant, Oroville Dam provides irrigation water, flood control, and some three billion kilowatt-hours of power.

At 770 feet high, the Oroville Dam is the tallest dam in the United States, 43.6 feet higher than Hoover Dam. The dam impounds Lake Oroville, the largest reservoir in the California State Water Project and second largest in California, with

1 天前 · View videos in the theater about the construction of Oroville Dam, walk or hike along nearby trails, and visit the 47-foot-tall observation tower that provides unsurpassed panoramic views of surrounding areas. Free guided tours for school and community groups are available by reservation. Parking and admission to the Visitor Center are free.

Construction begins on State Water Project facilities, including Oroville Dam, key water storage facility on the Feather River in the upper Sacramento Valley. California and the U.S. Government sign an agreement to build the San Luis Joint-Use Facilities for storage, pumping and conveyance for state-federal water operations.

2017年2月13日 · Today, the Oroville Dam is the site of a disaster, but 50 years ago, its construction was a cornerstone of the California Water Plan. Construction of the dam kicked off amid flashbulbs...

Flow past the Dam is controlled by releases at Oroville Dam and Thermalito Diversion Dam

2023年4月4日 · Completed in 1968, the Oroville Dam is the largest earth-fill dam in the United States. It is a vital part of the California State Water Project, which helps supply over 23 million people with water. After a number of storms in the area, a chunk of concrete in the dam’s spillway eroded and broke away.

The construction of the Oroville dam was modelled using the Duncan-Chang method by Kulhawy and Duncan [1]. The dam was built in three stages. At its centre is a concrete core block. A cofferdam was built in front of this and finally the main dam itself was constructed. The basic layout is shown in figure 1.