Trenton Dam: Constructed 1949-1953 |
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Page 55
... contractor on August 22 , 1949 , which established the comple- tion date as ... Concrete Pipe Corp. and R. A. Bell , Alhambra , Calif . , a joint venture ... material , design changes , and clean- ing and straightening about 500,000 ...
... contractor on August 22 , 1949 , which established the comple- tion date as ... Concrete Pipe Corp. and R. A. Bell , Alhambra , Calif . , a joint venture ... material , design changes , and clean- ing and straightening about 500,000 ...
Page 61
... materials were used in embankment construction or stockpiled for later use as topsoil on the downstream slope . All ... contractor was able to complete con- siderable work in addition to the planned work . The excavation work was resumed ...
... materials were used in embankment construction or stockpiled for later use as topsoil on the downstream slope . All ... contractor was able to complete con- siderable work in addition to the planned work . The excavation work was resumed ...
Page 65
... contractor rerouted the existing highway immediately adjacent to the ... materials , low densities were obtained from numerous tests even though ... materials , which comprised the impervious zone of the embankment . In the pervious zone ...
... contractor rerouted the existing highway immediately adjacent to the ... materials , low densities were obtained from numerous tests even though ... materials , which comprised the impervious zone of the embankment . In the pervious zone ...
Page 66
... contractor's railroad switch- yard and hauled in trucks to the embankment ... Materials . - C. Concrete ( a ) Sand .-- Sand for concrete construction was ... contractor from Brannon Sand and Gravel Co. , Denver , Colo . , Cass Co ...
... contractor's railroad switch- yard and hauled in trucks to the embankment ... Materials . - C. Concrete ( a ) Sand .-- Sand for concrete construction was ... contractor from Brannon Sand and Gravel Co. , Denver , Colo . , Cass Co ...
Page 67
... material per hour when supplied with several sizes of inter- mingled aggregate . During the latter part of 1953 , when the Brannon Sand and Gravel Co. was unabl to obtain sufficient railroad cars for aggregate shipments , the contractor ...
... material per hour when supplied with several sizes of inter- mingled aggregate . During the latter part of 1953 , when the Brannon Sand and Gravel Co. was unabl to obtain sufficient railroad cars for aggregate shipments , the contractor ...
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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