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Delhi Dam

Delaware County, Iowa

Photo 

After the 2010 dam failure

Fullsize panorama in the link.

Photo taken by Mathew Hoelscher

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #237694

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Dam over Maquoketa River, top of the dam was used as a bridge.
Location
Delaware County, Iowa
Status
Road partially rebuilt, but no longer connects across.
History
Built 1929, Partially destroyed 2010 when significant rainfall caused dam failure.
Builder
- Interstate Power Co.
Design
Embankment dam on Maquoketa River
Dimensions
Span length: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Also called
Hartwick Dam
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.40816, -91.34542   (decimal degrees)
42°24'29" N, 91°20'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/636150/4696421 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Earlville
Inventory number
BH 49400 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1929 (1,010)
Built during 1920s (9,895)
Dam (51)
Dam failure (1)
Delaware County, Iowa (64)
Disaster (12)
Have street view (26,847)
Interstate Power Co. (1)
Iowa (6,471)
 Lost (24,606)
Lost 2010 (464)
Lost during 2010s (3,264)
Maquoketa River (63)
Owned privately (1,707)
Slab (2,047)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,391)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,161)

Update Log 

  • February 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Disaster"
  • August 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added picture
  • August 23, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • August 22, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
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Delhi Dam
Posted August 22, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Since the roadway was poured on top of the dam I categorized it as a slab.