Glen Canyon Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1957-1966; Colorado River Storage Project, Arizona-Utah1970 - Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.) - 658 pages |
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... reinforced concrete . The powerplant is L shaped with the longitudinal centerline of units perpendicular to the ... Reinforcing steel : 371,000 pounds ( 168,000 kilograms ) Handrailings : 110,000 pounds ( 50,000 kilograms ) Concrete for ...
... reinforced concrete . The powerplant is L shaped with the longitudinal centerline of units perpendicular to the ... Reinforcing steel : 371,000 pounds ( 168,000 kilograms ) Handrailings : 110,000 pounds ( 50,000 kilograms ) Concrete for ...
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... reinforcement 81. Left abutment 30 - inch drain in dam powerplant area - Plan , sections , and reinforcement 82. Left abutment of dam downstream from powerplant - Plan and sections of slide gate access structure 83. Subdrainage of ...
... reinforcement 81. Left abutment 30 - inch drain in dam powerplant area - Plan , sections , and reinforcement 82. Left abutment of dam downstream from powerplant - Plan and sections of slide gate access structure 83. Subdrainage of ...
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... reinforcement 141. Penstock profiles . . 142. Penstock installation details 143. Penstock trashracks 144. 13.96- by 22.45 - foot fixed - wheel gate installation for penstock intakes 203 205 206 208 210 145. Downstream elevation of shop ...
... reinforcement 141. Penstock profiles . . 142. Penstock installation details 143. Penstock trashracks 144. 13.96- by 22.45 - foot fixed - wheel gate installation for penstock intakes 203 205 206 208 210 145. Downstream elevation of shop ...
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... reinforcement 353 354 240. Visitor center - Retaining walls . . . 228. Switchyard key grounding plan . 229. Visitor ... Reinforcement for top of dam and entrance structure 238. Visitor center - Elevator shaft and tunnel ... • 239 ...
... reinforcement 353 354 240. Visitor center - Retaining walls . . . 228. Switchyard key grounding plan . 229. Visitor ... Reinforcement for top of dam and entrance structure 238. Visitor center - Elevator shaft and tunnel ... • 239 ...
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... reinforcing bars in elbow section of left spillway 253. Glen Canyon damsite as seen from progress photo point No. 1 ... reinforcement steel for the penstock transition concrete and trashracks being installed in block 16 on penstock 2 ...
... reinforcing bars in elbow section of left spillway 253. Glen Canyon damsite as seen from progress photo point No. 1 ... reinforcement steel for the penstock transition concrete and trashracks being installed in block 16 on penstock 2 ...
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abutment adit anchor bars arch Axis backfill BLOCK blockout bolts breakers BUREAU OF RECLAMATION cable cableway cantilever circuit circuit breakers COLORADO RIVER STORAGE construction Contraction joint contractor cooling crane DENVER Detail diversion tunnel downstream face draft tube drain drilled electrical equipment excavation Expansion joint factor of safety floor foundation Furnishing and installing gallery GLEN CANYON DAM grouting hoist horizontal INTERIOR BUREAU Lake Powell lift load located Lump sum mass concrete maximum operation penstock Piezometer placed pounds per square powerplant pozzolan pressure PROJECT MIDDLE RIVER pump radial reading stations RECLAMATION COLORADO RIVER REFERENCE DRAWINGS reinforced reservoir reservoir water RIVER OUTLETS RIVER STORAGE PROJECT rock SANDSTONE seal SECTION A-A service bay shown on figure slab spillway square inch Std pipe steel STORAGE PROJECT MIDDLE stresses structure surface switchyard temperature transformer trashrack turbine UNIT BAY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT valve vertical
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Page 1 - Additional projects have been added since the original legislation was adopted. Authorized developments are: Glen Canyon unit on the Colorado River in Arizona and Utah, Flaming Gorge unit on the Green River in Utah and Wyoming, Navajo unit on the San Juan River in New Mexico and Colorado, and Curecanti unit, consisting of three dams on the Gdnnison River in Colorado.
Page 315 - Computation of time-and-onehalf for work in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week...
Page 1 - It has made possible a dream that persisted for decades — the taming of one of the longest, wildest, and most savage rivers in the country, the Colorado and its tributaries. The Colorado River storage project was planned to conserve the very limited precipitation which falls principally in the form of snow in the high mountains and to utilize it for municipal, industrial, and agricultural growth. The sum of...
Page 2 - River system between the upper basin and the lower basin and provides that the States of the upper division (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75,000,000 acre-feet for any period of 10 consecutive years. The compact also provides for a division of surplus waters...
Page 318 - Permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity will be granted, by the respective Secretaries having jurisdiction, to reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, or to their duly authorized agents.
Page 318 - An Act for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes', approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat.
Page 47 - The rock formations which make up the foundation and abutments at the site are homogeneous and uniformly elastic in all directions, and are strong enough to carry the applied loads with stresses well below the elastic limit. 2. The concrete in the dam is homogeneous and uniformly elastic in all directions and is strong enough to carry the applied loads with stresses well below the elastic limit.
Page 153 - Be manufactured in accordance with section VIII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code...
Page 295 - Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges of the American Association of State Highway Officials...