Dam Archives - Remnant Earth

Duga Radar

Duga Radar: The Soviet Woodpecker Hidden in the Chernobyl Zone Places

Grumant

Grumant: A Lost Soviet Outpost in the High Arctic Places

Coles Bay Mining Settlement

Coles Bay Mining Settlement: The Abandoned Soviet Coal Port of Svalbard Places

Buzludzha Monument

Buzludzha: The Communist Party Monument on a Bulgarian Mountain Peak Places

The Wolfs Lair

The Wolf’s Lair: Hitler’s Forest Headquarters on the Eastern Front Places

The Trestle

The Trestle: The Wooden Giant Built to Test Bombers Against a Nuclear Pulse Places

The 20 July Plot

The 20 July Plot: The Bomb, the Coup and the Reprisals of 1944 Events

Los Alamos Gun and Pajarito Site

Behind the Fence at Los Alamos: The Gun Site and the Pajarito Site Places

Places

Sorpe Dam: The Wall the Dambusters Could Not Break

An earth dam with a concrete heart that survived the bouncing bombs in 1943, a Tallboy in 1944 and, in 1959, a live five-tonne bomb found at the bottom of its drained lake.

Places

Eder Dam: The Second Wall the Dambusters Broke

A Kaiser-era dam in the hills of Hesse, three villages beneath its lake and a gap blasted open in the early hours of 17 May 1943.

Places

Möhne Dam: The Wall the Dambusters Broke

A Kaiser-era wall of quarry stone that held back the Ruhr's water for 30 years, was breached in minutes on 17 May 1943 and was closed again within four months.