Learning on ScreenPeruca Dam Blasting
- Synopsis
- Illustrates how experts averted a disaster when the rockfill Peruca Dam in Croatia was occupied and explosive charges were placed in the inspection galleries on 17 September 1991. The water level was allowed to rise to the maximum limit, making the dam a potential weapon of destruction, threatening to flood and kill 30,000 people.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Croatia
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.
- Year of production
- 1993
- Availability
- Free loan; Free loan
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Keywords
- Croatia; dams
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Institution of Civil Engineers
- library@ice.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.ice.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7665 2251
- Fax
- 020 7976 7610
- Address
- Library
1 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AA - Notes
- The ICE library has hundreds of VHS tapes and a growing collection of DVDs for loan to members and lecturers interested in the work of professional engineers. Audio recordings of a range of recent lectures held at the ICE are available for free online playback.
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