Diga del Vajont
CountryItaly
Height262 m
Year1960
TypeArch
RiverVajont
About Diga del Vajont
Site of the deadliest dam disaster in history. In 1963, a landslide into the reservoir created a wave that overtopped the dam, killing 1,917 people. The dam itself survived intact. A lesson in geological assessment.
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