O'Sullivan Dam: Constructed 1947-1949 |
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... length : 19 , 000 feet Crest elevation : 1061.0 Volume : 8 , 770 , 000 cubic yards Slopes : Upstream , 4 to 1 to elevation 960 , 3 to 1 to elevation 1047.5 , then 2-1 / 2 to 1 to elevation 1061 Downstream , 2 to 1 to elevation 930 , 4 ...
... length : 19 , 000 feet Crest elevation : 1061.0 Volume : 8 , 770 , 000 cubic yards Slopes : Upstream , 4 to 1 to elevation 960 , 3 to 1 to elevation 1047.5 , then 2-1 / 2 to 1 to elevation 1061 Downstream , 2 to 1 to elevation 930 , 4 ...
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... length of 85 miles , reaching from Soap Lake to Pasco . Settlement of the area began in the 1890's when land granted to the Northern Pa- cific Railroad was sold in tracts ranging in size from 160 acres to several sections and Government ...
... length of 85 miles , reaching from Soap Lake to Pasco . Settlement of the area began in the 1890's when land granted to the Northern Pa- cific Railroad was sold in tracts ranging in size from 160 acres to several sections and Government ...
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... length of 585 feet . The ultimate instal- lation will consist of 12 centrifugal single - stage pumps , each rated at 1 , 600 cubic feet per second against a head of 295 feet . Each pump is driven by a 65 , 000 - horsepower , 13 , 800 ...
... length of 585 feet . The ultimate instal- lation will consist of 12 centrifugal single - stage pumps , each rated at 1 , 600 cubic feet per second against a head of 295 feet . Each pump is driven by a 65 , 000 - horsepower , 13 , 800 ...
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... length . The high - head section is 8 , 264 feet in length . Beyond Soap Lake the canal skirts the hills north of Ephrata , and turns south near Quincy . It will continue south to a 9 , 150 - foot tunnel through the French- man Hills ...
... length . The high - head section is 8 , 264 feet in length . Beyond Soap Lake the canal skirts the hills north of Ephrata , and turns south near Quincy . It will continue south to a 9 , 150 - foot tunnel through the French- man Hills ...
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... length of the crest of the dam . The dam consists of moistened and rolled embankments of clay , sand , silt , and gravel . The outer sections consist of sluiced gravel fill . The upstream and downstream slopes are covered with a layer ...
... length of the crest of the dam . The dam consists of moistened and rolled embankments of clay , sand , silt , and gravel . The outer sections consist of sluiced gravel fill . The upstream and downstream slopes are covered with a layer ...
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acre-feet APPENDIX approximately Assumed rock line Axis of dam axis station backfill basalt borrow area borrow pit bottom Bureau of Reclamation canal cement channel cobbles Columbia Basin project Compact silt concrete construction Crab Creek crossarm cubic feet cubic yards cutoff trench dam embankment discharge Drilling grout holes east Embankment settlement Excavation feet downstream feet per second Figure foundation Frenchman Hills gate chamber Grand Coulee Dam Gravelly sand grout cap high-pressure gate inches inlet irrigation Lake loam loam Sandy located loom miles moisture O'Sullivan Dam Oakum Order for Changes Piezometer placed placement portal Potholes Dam Potholes reservoir Quincy Basin riprap sand and gravel sand Sandy Sandy gravel Sandy loam SCALE OF FEET Sendy settlement installations shaft silt Silty loam Slope Soap Lake sond Sondy spillway steel pipe stilling basin suitable Surface settlement trashrack structure tubing tunnel lining U. S. Bureau upstream valve house zone 1 material
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Page 1 - Culee on the Columbia River, about 92 miles, by highway, west of Spokane. The irrigable area of the Columbia Basin project is situated in the Big Bend country of Washington between the Snake and Columbia Rivers. The lands extend northward some 85 miles from the junction of the two rivers at Pasco on the southern edge.
Page 1 - ... The Public Service Electric and Gas Company of New Jersey has contracted with Offshore Power Systems to develop a pair of floating nuclear plants in the Atlantic Ocean, three miles off the New Jersey coast. The ocean here is about 40 feet deep. The plants are protected by an enormous breakwater 300 feet wide at the base and 30 feet wide at the top. The breakwater is designed to withstand winds, waves, and storms of much greater magnitude than have been observed in this location. Together, the...
Page 2 - ... 2,300 acres at the maximum water-surface elevation of 1,570, eliminates the necessity for a very expensive canal along the steep walls of the Grand Coulee and saves the loss of about 47 feet in the elevation of the water surface at the south end of the Coulee. It also allows a more efficient use of water for power development and irrigation by providing storage for water which can be pumped •when the supply in the river is ample, and in turn decreases the amount of power water required for...
Page 1 - ... will operate the dam; yes, sir. COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT, WASHINGTON PROJECT DATA AUTHORIZATION Initially authorized by section 2, Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028, 1039) ; authorized and reauthorized by Columbia Basin Project Act of March 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 14). LOCATION The project is located in the central part of the State of Washington, with its major feature, the Grand Coulee Dam, situated on the Columbia River approximately 95 miles west of Spokane, Wash. The project...
Page 38 - The slopes of the dam, which are faced, are 1 to 1 on the upstream, and 2 to 1 on the downstream side...
Page 54 - ... 25 Drilling grout holes in stage between depths of 0 foot and 35 feet 50,453.45 lin.