Equalizing Reservoir Dams and the Feeder Canal: Technical Record of Design and Construction |
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... Sand , gravel , and cobble fill Rockfill 111 . 112. Riprap 113. Dumped fill 114. Disposal areas Field control ( a ) Laboratory ( b ) Moisture control tests 116 116 117 118 118 119 119 119 120 ( c ) Density tests ( d ) Other tests 120 ...
... Sand , gravel , and cobble fill Rockfill 111 . 112. Riprap 113. Dumped fill 114. Disposal areas Field control ( a ) Laboratory ( b ) Moisture control tests 116 116 117 118 118 119 119 119 120 ( c ) Density tests ( d ) Other tests 120 ...
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... Sand and gravel drains installed on the right bank of the canal to conduct seepage to concrete underdrains 66 35 Backfilling the right side of the Feeder canal check structure 68 36 Canal lining operations 68 37 Feeder Canal ...
... Sand and gravel drains installed on the right bank of the canal to conduct seepage to concrete underdrains 66 35 Backfilling the right side of the Feeder canal check structure 68 36 Canal lining operations 68 37 Feeder Canal ...
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... sand hills south of Moses Lake . The reservoir has a total capacity of 675,000 acre - feet at elevation 1052 , of which 569 , 000 acre - feet is live or active storage between elevations 940 and 1,052 . At the higher level water will ...
... sand hills south of Moses Lake . The reservoir has a total capacity of 675,000 acre - feet at elevation 1052 , of which 569 , 000 acre - feet is live or active storage between elevations 940 and 1,052 . At the higher level water will ...
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... sand , gravel , and boulders and the bedrock . Note the numerous playa or temporary lakes which frequently develop during periods of spring runoff . The photograph was taken looking northward from the top of the west wall of the coulee ...
... sand , gravel , and boulders and the bedrock . Note the numerous playa or temporary lakes which frequently develop during periods of spring runoff . The photograph was taken looking northward from the top of the west wall of the coulee ...
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... sand , silty sand , and firm silty clay , to gray , fine - grained shaly siltstone and claystone . The best of these materials weather readily with long surface exposure ; the poorest -- the silty sands and clays-- proved to be quite ...
... sand , silty sand , and firm silty clay , to gray , fine - grained shaly siltstone and claystone . The best of these materials weather readily with long surface exposure ; the poorest -- the silty sands and clays-- proved to be quite ...
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acre-feet axis back-up basalt flows bedrock berm blasting borrow pit boulders bulldozer canal lining canal section channel check structure clay Columbia Basin project Columbia River common excavation completed concrete construction contractor cost Coulee City Coulee Monocline crest cubic yards cut-and-cover conduit cutoff trench dam embankment Delano saddle depth downstream dragline drainage drains drilling Dry Falls Dam East Coulee elevation Equalizing reservoir equipment Feeder canal feet per second Figure fill forms foundation Government forces grade Grand Coulee Dam granite grouting hauled highway holes impervious inches installed invert joints Lake Latah layers LOAM located Loom Main canal material Nespelem north abutment North Dam operations Order for changes outlet overburden piezometer placed portion Potholes reservoir reinforcement steel reservoir water riprap rock excavation rockfill rollers sand and gravel SCALE OF FEET shale shovel side silt SILTY slope south abutment station stockpiled subgrade tamping tests thickness tion underdrain Upper Grand Coulee upstream wasteway