EditorialWater flows from the spillway as engineers reduce the lake level while work continues on repairs to the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 14, 2017. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialWater flows from the spillway as engineers reduce the lake level while work continues on repairs to the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 14, 2017. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoam stirs in the Ross Barnett Spillway, which controls the amount of water released from the Ross Barnett Reservoir into the Pearl River near Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)
EditorialResidents and their pets cool off in what is known locally as the Barking Springs spillway in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialAn aerial view of the Robert Bourassa reservoir and spillway, part of the largest subterranean power plant in the world, in northern Quebec, Canada, on April 7, 2022. (Renaud Philippe/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialNegative - Two Men Standing by the Spillway by The Weir & Viaduct at Kirks' Reservoir, Ballarat District, Victoria, circa 1880, The weir and viaduct at Kirk's Reservoir. Two men stand by the spillway.
EditorialSpillway [right]. James Brooks; American, 1906-1992. Date: 1935. Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm (image); 293 x 404 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).
EditorialThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu).