• The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam burst, causing...
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  • The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man is a 1975 American documentary film produced by Appalshop and directed by Mimi Pickering. The film is about the...
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  • deadliest floods in U.S. history, the Buffalo Creek flood, killing 125 and injuring over 1,000. On her website, Giardina says: "The Buffalo Creekflood’ was...
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  • Little River flooded tens of thousands of acres. This flood occurred after major reservoirs were built on these basins. The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster...
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  • Buffalo Creek may refer to: Buffalo Creek (Mountain Fork), a stream in Polk County Buffalo Creek (Illinois) Buffalo Creek (Clear Creek tributary), a stream...
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    the largest armed uprisings in U.S. history. More recently, the Buffalo Creek Flood of February 26, 1972, killed 125 people when a coal slurry dam burst...
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    primaries and general election were held in the aftermath of the Buffalo Creek flood and a movement to abolish strip mining in the state. Democratic nominee...
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    collapse) Extreme inflow (Shakidor Dam) Human, computer or design error (Buffalo Creek Flood, Dale Dike Reservoir, Taum Sauk pumped storage plant) Internal erosion...
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    along the Guyandotte River at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, which was the site of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood following a dam collapse. The name of the...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kelly Barnes Dam. Buffalo Creek Flood Johnstown Flood St. Francis Dam South Fork Dam Teton Dam "The Old Toccoa...
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  • including the nuclear fallout in the Marshall Islands in 1954; the Buffalo Creek flood in West Virginia in 1972 (resulting in the award-winning 1978 book...
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    United States Bajzë Rail Station chemical contamination 1991 Albania Buffalo Creek Flood coal slurry impound spill 1972 United States Corby toxic waste case...
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    remembered for improvements in the state's highway system and for the Buffalo Creek Flood disaster. During Moore's first two terms as governor, West Virginia...
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    miles (120 km2) in the Logan Coalfield. The creek was the site of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972. Buffalo Creek's entire course and drainage area are in eastern...
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  • 000 m3) of toxic water were released in the Buffalo Creek Flood. As discussed in the book The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, out of a population of 5...
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  • mechanisms, on the psychological effects on child survivors of the Buffalo Creek flood, for her work with Mildred Trotter on estimation of stature, and...
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  • Coal sludge spill may refer to: Buffalo Creek flood (February 26, 1972) Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill (December 22, 2008) Martin County...
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  • masts and towers "Archives & Local Studies Research Guide to the Sheffield Flood of 1864". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 30 October...
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    U.S. being the failure of a coal slurry dam in the West Virginia Buffalo Creek Flood of 1972, which killed 125 people; other collapses include the Ok...
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    (Shakidor Dam), earthquakes, and human, computer or design error (Buffalo Creek Flood, Dale Dike Reservoir, Taum Sauk pumped storage plant). A notable...
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  • approximately 1907 to 1933 Silver Creek was on the Buffalo-to-Erie main line of the Buffalo & Erie Railway (successor to the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Company)...
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    Preston Sturges: The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero Maurice Tourneur: The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of...
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  • Such ponds are susceptible to disastrous releases, such as the Buffalo Creek flood of 1972 or the Martin County coal slurry spill of 2000, which released...
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  • company was seen as having inadequate safety standards after the Buffalo Creek flood of 1972 in which 125 people were killed. The company also was very...
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    Coal Company for $100 million in damages for the February 26, 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood. Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. later settled the suit for $1 million...
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    Little Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long and...
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    (later FEMA) indicated that trailers refurbished after the 1972 Buffalo Creek flood would be used to house displaced persons. On April 10, voting on...
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  • It is also the location of the Buffalo Creek Flood, when a Pittston Coal Company coal refuse dam burst at Buffalo Creek in 1972 and resulted in the death...
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    office with ZIP code 25607. Amherstdale was also affected by the Buffalo Creek flood disaster which killed, injured, and left thousands homeless. Amherstdale...
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  • located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) northeast of Man. Braeholm was affected by the Buffalo Creek flood which killed and injured...
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