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... operation of Bureau of Reclama- tion projects and features . This technical record of design and construction of Trenton Dam is divided into six chapters . Chapter I contains general description , history and authorization , geology ...
... operation of Bureau of Reclama- tion projects and features . This technical record of design and construction of Trenton Dam is divided into six chapters . Chapter I contains general description , history and authorization , geology ...
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... Operations 47 . Borrow area operation ( a ) South borrow area ( b ) North borrow and spillway areas 61 61 61 8883 63 63 63 Section 48 . 49 . Earth fill placement CONTENTS ( ii.
... Operations 47 . Borrow area operation ( a ) South borrow area ( b ) North borrow and spillway areas 61 61 61 8883 63 63 63 Section 48 . 49 . Earth fill placement CONTENTS ( ii.
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... operations Curing Contraction joint grouting D. Gate Installations 58 . 59 . High - pressure gates Radial gates ( a ) Painting 255 75 75 75 CHAPTER VI --- TEST INSTALLATIONS 60 . Purpose 61 . Piezometer installation 62 . Settlement ...
... operations Curing Contraction joint grouting D. Gate Installations 58 . 59 . High - pressure gates Radial gates ( a ) Painting 255 75 75 75 CHAPTER VI --- TEST INSTALLATIONS 60 . Purpose 61 . Piezometer installation 62 . Settlement ...
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... 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 30 Dumping riprap rock on an 18 - inch layer of crushed ...
... 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 30 Dumping riprap rock on an 18 - inch layer of crushed ...
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... operations . Logs and locations of some of the exploratory holes are shown on figure 4 . An examination of the geologic profiles indicated a valley fill of alluvium to a depth of about 40 feet overlying the Pierre shale . Loess deposits ...
... operations . Logs and locations of some of the exploratory holes are shown on figure 4 . An examination of the geologic profiles indicated a valley fill of alluvium to a depth of about 40 feet overlying the Pierre shale . Loess deposits ...
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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