Technical Record of Design and Construction: Tiber Dam, Constructed 1952-1956, Missouri River Basin Project, Montana1961 - Dams - 256 pages |
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backfill BASIN PROJECT MARIAS BENTONITE berm borrow area BUREAU OF RECLAMATION canal outlet channel cofferdam compacted concrete construction contractor control house crest cutoff trench DENVER DETAIL dike discharge downstream drain drilled elevation excavation EXCESS CLAY EXCESS SILT gate chamber glacial till GLAY GRAVEL grout haul inches inlet installed INTERIOR BUREAU JUNE JULY AUG Laying length LEAN CLAY left abutment located LOWER MARIAS MARIAS DIVISION-LOWER MARIAS Marias River MISSOURI RIVER BASIN OCT NOV DEC operation outlet pipe PARTIAL RUNOFF piezometer PLASTIC CLAY POORLY GRADED PROJECT MARIAS DIVISION-LOWER radial gates RECLAMATION MISSOURI RIVER reservoir reservoir water right abutment riprap RIVER BASIN PROJECT sand and gravel SAND WITH EXCESS SANDSTONE sandy SCALE OF FEET SECTION A-A SEPT OCT NOV settlement points SHALE slope SMALE soil profiles spillway station steel pipe stilling basin storage structure test pits TIBER DAM TOPSOIL Trashrack UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT upstream wall zone 3 material