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1534:Downstream
1514:Laguna Dam
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283:1943; 2002
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1288:Tennessee
1193:Minnesota
1168:Louisiana
945:23 August
821:27 August
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1308:Virginia
1258:Oklahoma
1238:New York
1213:Nebraska
1203:Missouri
1188:Michigan
1178:Maryland
1163:Kentucky
1143:Illinois
1118:Delaware
1108:Colorado
1098:Arkansas
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633:See also
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226:Designer
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173:Concrete
162:Material
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1148:Indiana
1128:Georgia
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1093:Arizona
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550:History
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1218:Nevada
1158:Kansas
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1395:Palau
1293:Texas
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1138:Idaho
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186:Width
165:Steel
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1298:Utah
1253:Ohio
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