This image provided by the U.S Bureau of Reclamation shows the Teton Dam bursting on June 5, 1976, about 20 miles northeast of Rexburg, Idaho. When this brand-new dam gave way in 1976, 80 billion ...

BOISE, Idaho - When the leaking face of the brand-new Teton Dam gave way on June 5, 1976, and 80 billion gallons of water surged down a valley of eastern Idaho farming towns, it left behind the ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) — Hundreds of people gathered at Smith Park in Rexburg for the annual Teton Dam Marathon on Saturday morning. The marathon and races commemorate the Teton Dam Disaster, which ...

As the world soon learned, the 305-foot-high Teton Dam had broken in half. Its collapse sent a wall of water through the Teton River canyon, north of the town of Newdale in Fremont County. Downstream, ...

Explore some of the biggest construction mistakes in history in this informative video, which covers notable incidents such as the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel during construction, the sinking of ...