Inspectors shocked to find reservoir wall was composed of 'rubble'
Saturday, December 17, 2005
ST. LOUIS -- Inspectors searching for the cause of a reservoir breach that sent a billion-gallon torrent of water streaming down the side of an Ozark mountain were dumbfounded by what they saw: the retaining wall wasn't built with granite.
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