[xJones]

The mother of all damns that have never have been built is the Three Gorges Dam in China. It's right on a major fault zone and damming up the Yangtze River.

[neverdem]

The mother of all damns that have never have been built is the Three Gorges Dam in China. It's right on a major fault zone and damming up the Yangtze River.

That could finally tempt the mandate of heaven.

[Ramius]

On the Three Gorges dam... I understand that there are some serious concerns about it, from the quality of the engineering to the quality of the materials. If that sucker breaks it’s going to kill an epic number of people downstream. It would be staggering.