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    Gibson Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Sun River, a tributary of the Missouri River, about 60 miles (97 km) west of Great Falls, Montana in the United...
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    Fort Gibson Dam is a gravity dam on the Grand (Neosho) River in Oklahoma, 5.4 mi (9 km) north of the town of Fort Gibson. The dam forms Fort Gibson Lake...
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  • R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of...
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    flak. Martin's mine did not damage the dam. Gibson called in Young and Martin flew alongside him, whilst Gibson flew along another evasive path. It was...
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    more settlers to Montana. By 1920, three dams and an extensive system of canals were created. The Gibson Dam and reservoir were completed in 1929. Today...
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  • screenplay. The film was shot entirely in Oklahoma near Lake Fort Gibson and the Fort Gibson Dam, not at the actual Tenkiller Ferry Lake where it is set. Though...
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    Sun River. Almost immediately the two forks flow into Gibson Reservoir, impounded by Gibson Dam. From when the water leaves the reservoir until it meets...
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    Operation Chastise (redirect from Dams raid)
    books, Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson and The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill, and a film, The Dam Busters (1955). Plaque on the monument...
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    is formed by the concrete arch Gibson Dam and backs water up between a hilly pass for about 3 miles. The water in the dam is initially provided by spring...
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    1937. When completed it was the largest dam in the world. The dam was built by Gibson and Pauling (Foreign) Ltd, which was a partnership between the...
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    Neosho River (section Dams)
    Hudson, (also known as Markham Ferry Reservoir), and a dam upstream of Fort Gibson forms Fort Gibson Lake. In Kansas, the Neosho is joined by the Cottonwood...
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    from 1920-1954. Glover worked on the Gibson Dam, the Glen Canyon Dam, the Owyhee Dam and the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. He published widely on groundwater movement...
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    Operation and Disposition of Electric Energy at the Denison Dam, the Grand River Dam, and the Norfork Dam, in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas" July...
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    original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Geoff Simpson, "Guy Gibson - Dam Buster", Pen and Sword, 2013 "Christ Church, Simla, India, by J. T. Boileau"...
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    Chouteau and east of U.S. Route 69 on the Neosho River, upstream of Fort Gibson Dam. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area...
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  • mountain bike riders. The two dams in the former wildflower gardens are part of a series of aqueducts, flowing from the Gibson Dam on the mountain summit, that...
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  • midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. "Nigger" (Morse code: -. .. --. --. . .-. ) was the codeword Gibson used to confirm the breach of the Möhne Dam. Nigger's...
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  • USBR Gibson Dam, Gibson Reservoir, USBR Hauser Dam, Hauser Lake, NorthWestern Energy Hebgen Dam, Hebgen Lake, NorthWestern Energy Holter Dam, Holter...
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  • Sir John Watson Gibson OBE (9 August 1885 – 19 March 1947) was an English civil engineer. He designed dams in England and in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and port...
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  • the body of a woman was found in the Grand Neosho River beneath Fort Gibson Dam in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The woman had been murdered and had been...
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    2 in 1977. Yonkers Wagoner 1913 1935 Abandoned site Submerged by Fort Gibson Dam and Reservoir. Zena Delaware 1956 Semi-abandoned site Zena had a population...
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  • The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C...
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  • Dam Buster Raid : a Reappraisal, 70 years on. Havertown: Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473828353. OCLC 883568495. Simpson, Geoff, 1947- (2013). Guy Gibson dam...
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    Resources. Retrieved 2012-05-13. "Fort Peck Dam (Fort Peck Lake)". Lakes Online. Retrieved 2012-05-13. "Grand Coulee Dam Hydraulics & Hydrology". Columbia Basin...
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    engineer and John Watson Gibson was site agent. Work began in December 1922 and the dam was finished in May 1925. The Sennar dam is one of the highlights...
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  • the US Congress. Kinzua Dam (begun in 1960, completed in 1965) Fort Gibson Dam (begun in 1941, completed in 1949) Allatoona Dam (begun in 1946, completed...
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  • commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam. Pub. L. 115–219 (text) (PDF) 115-220 July 27, 2018 (No short title) To...
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    Reservoir Dam McPhee Dam – McPhee Reservoir Morrow Point Dam – Morrow Point Reservoir Mount Elbert Forebay Dam Navajo Reservoir Olympus Dam in Estes Park...
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    Historic Places listings in Gibson County, Indiana Grand Rapids Hotel Grand Rapids Dam Thomas S. Hinde Charles T. Hinde Specific "Gibson County, Indiana". United...
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    concurrent water releases at Kerr Dam. Fort Gibson Lake crested a day later while excess water was being released via Fort Gibson Dam.: 30  Widespread runoff from...
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