Flaming Gorge Dam
Concrete arch dam on the Green River in north-eastern Utah, USA.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Are There No Short Arch Dams? | Wesley Crump | subject | The textbook image of an arch dam in a narrow canyon. |
Why Are There No Short Arch Dams? — Wesley Crump (2025)
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Flaming Gorge Dam rises from the Green River in northern Utah like a concrete wedge driven into the canyon, anchored against the sheer rock walls that flank it.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The article opens with Flaming Gorge as the typical picture of an arch dam, then notes how rare such dams are: only about 50 of the US’s 92,000 dams.
- Why it matters: The example that frames the question of why there are no short arch dams.