The Art of Dam Construction | Excursion Lab

Discover the engineering history of New York’s Whitney Point Dam, completed in 1942 by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose of the dam was to control the discharge from the Otselic River Basin. In these videos, explore the tough decisions the Army Corps had to make to determine the design and where to place the dam. Students will discover why it’s important to predict storms and what decisions dam operators must make when a storm approaches.