Trenton Dam: Constructed 1949-1953 |
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... Dam 14 . Embankment ( a ) Upstream slope ( b ) Downstream slope 23 ( c ) Crest and camber details 23 2222 C. Spillway and River Outlets 15 . General 16 . Abutment structure 17 . Gate and bridge supporting structure ( a ) Design ...
... Dam 14 . Embankment ( a ) Upstream slope ( b ) Downstream slope 23 ( c ) Crest and camber details 23 2222 C. Spillway and River Outlets 15 . General 16 . Abutment structure 17 . Gate and bridge supporting structure ( a ) Design ...
Page ii
... Reservoir clearing 38 . 39 . 40 . 41 . ( c ) Railroad earthwork , etc. ( d ) Superstructures for bridges ( e ) ... Embankment Operations 47 . Borrow area operation ( a ) South borrow area ( b ) North borrow and spillway areas 61 61 ...
... Reservoir clearing 38 . 39 . 40 . 41 . ( c ) Railroad earthwork , etc. ( d ) Superstructures for bridges ( e ) ... Embankment Operations 47 . Borrow area operation ( a ) South borrow area ( b ) North borrow and spillway areas 61 61 ...
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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 20 29 Embankment placing operations 64 ...
... 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 20 29 Embankment placing operations 64 ...
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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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accessory cut-off trench acre-feet Approach channel Axis backfill Berm blanket Blockout BUREAU OF RECLAMATION canal outlet centerline channel capacity coarse concrete conduit construction Contraction joint Counterweight crushed rock cutoff trench dam embankment designed discharge drain outlet emergency gate chamber Expansion joint Figure Float flood control floor gate structure gravel ground surface Grouted high-pressure gate Highway bridge holes horizontal hydraulic hydrostatic head inlet installed intake structure Limits of special load located loess material maximum Metal Nebr NORTH BORROW AREA Pierre shale piezometer Pipe handrail PROJ Radial gate railroad reinforcement relocation Republican River reservoir water surface riprap River outlet Rolled embankment SCALE OF FEET second-feet SECTION A-A Settlement point Shale surface Sheet SILT silty slope special compaction spillway crest spillway gates spillway structure steel stilling basin Stoplog storage Sump Sump pump surface at elevation surfaces where directed Trashrack structure Trenton Dam upstream vertical walls water surface elevation