When the dam broke: the 1925 disaster that reshaped a Welsh community and a country’s safety laws
By Lynda Yorke, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Critical Physical Geography, Bangor University
Giuseppe Forino, Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Salford
A century after a dam burst in Dolgarrog, killing 16 people, the Welsh village still lives with the legacy that reshaped UK safety laws and its own identity.
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Thursday, October 30, 2025