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Historic Opening of Big Bend Dam Spillway (Time lapse)

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Uploaded by on Jun 3, 2011

For the first time in history, the Big Bend Dam spillway near Fort Thompson, South Dakota opened Friday morning, 3 June 2011, to release flood waters. The spillway will release an additional 15,000 cubic feet of water per second bringing the total dam release to 100,000 cubic feet of water per second. The spillway is scheduled to release 65,000 cfs by 7 June This time compressed video was shot by South Dakota Public Broadcasting on the morning of 3 June 2011.

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  • It's a small dam, but pretty..

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