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... Dam 14 . Embankment ( a ) Upstream slope ( b ) Downstream slope ( c ) Crest and camber details 23 2222 23 C. Spillway and River Outlets 15 . General 16 . Abutment structure 17 . Gate and bridge supporting structure 225 23 27 27 ( a ) ...
... Dam 14 . Embankment ( a ) Upstream slope ( b ) Downstream slope ( c ) Crest and camber details 23 2222 23 C. Spillway and River Outlets 15 . General 16 . Abutment structure 17 . Gate and bridge supporting structure 225 23 27 27 ( a ) ...
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... Reservoir clearing 57 CHAPTER V -- CONSTRUCTION 42 . River diversion 43 . Construction equipment A. Excavation 559 59 59 44 . 45 . 46 . Foundation area Main cutoff trench Auxiliary cutoff trench and other excavation work 47 . B. Embankment ...
... Reservoir clearing 57 CHAPTER V -- CONSTRUCTION 42 . River diversion 43 . Construction equipment A. Excavation 559 59 59 44 . 45 . 46 . Foundation area Main cutoff trench Auxiliary cutoff trench and other excavation work 47 . B. Embankment ...
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... dam foundation area 60 26 Main cutoff trench excavation operations 60 27 Auxiliary cutoff trench excavation completed to bedrock 62 28 A side - elevating loader in operation in South borrow area 62 29 Embankment placing operations 64 30 ...
... dam foundation area 60 26 Main cutoff trench excavation operations 60 27 Auxiliary cutoff trench excavation completed to bedrock 62 28 A side - elevating loader in operation in South borrow area 62 29 Embankment placing operations 64 30 ...
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... embankment . This method was feasible because the pervious strata below the loess mantle would provide drainage upon loading . Saturation of the loess was to be accomplished by progressively flooding separate sections of the dam ...
... embankment . This method was feasible because the pervious strata below the loess mantle would provide drainage upon loading . Saturation of the loess was to be accomplished by progressively flooding separate sections of the dam ...
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... dam . ( 2 ) Widening cut sections for additional borrow materials . ( 3 ) Stability of embankment . ( 4 ) Increased earthwork because of flattening fill slopes . ( 5 ) Costs of road crossings , cattle passes , etc. , versus combined ...
... dam . ( 2 ) Widening cut sections for additional borrow materials . ( 3 ) Stability of embankment . ( 4 ) Increased earthwork because of flattening fill slopes . ( 5 ) Costs of road crossings , cattle passes , etc. , versus combined ...
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abutment acre-feet aggregate backfill Berm blanket blockouts Brass Cap BUREAU OF RECLAMATION camber canal outlet cement centerline chute coarse concrete construction Contraction joint contractor control house crushed rock cubic yards cutoff trench dam embankment dam foundation designed discharge eleva emergency gate chamber Figure Float flood control gravel grout high-pressure gates Highway bridge Hitchcock County holes horizontal hydraulic hydrostatic head inlet intake structure layer Limits of special loads located loess material maximum metal Nebr north borrow operation pier Pierre shale piezometer Pipe handrail pounds per square pozzolan PROJ pump radial gate railroad reinforcement relocation Republican River reservoir water surface riprap River outlet Rolled embankment SCALE OF FEET second-feet Settlement point Shale surface SILT silty slope south borrow area special compaction specifications spillway structure steel stilling basin storage Sump Sump pump surface at elevation tests Trenton Dam upstream valve vertical walls water surface elevation
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