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... Auxiliary cutoff trench and other excavation work B. Embankment 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.
... Auxiliary cutoff trench and other excavation work B. Embankment 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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... placement CONTENTS ( Continued ) Page ( a ) Control Crushed rock and riprap placement 50 . Materials ( a ) Sand ( b ) Coarse aggregate ( c ) Cement 5565 66 C. Concrete 66 66 66 67 67 69 69 71 71 74 74 74 51 . Reinforcement steel 52 ...
... placement CONTENTS ( Continued ) Page ( a ) Control Crushed rock and riprap placement 50 . Materials ( a ) Sand ( b ) Coarse aggregate ( c ) Cement 5565 66 C. Concrete 66 66 66 67 67 69 69 71 71 74 74 74 51 . Reinforcement steel 52 ...
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... placement of 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 ...
... placement of 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 ...
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... placement of zone 3 material which consisted of selected material from dam foundation and structure excavations . The locations of the various zones are shown on figure 8 . The embankment design was initially based on the use of ...
... placement of zone 3 material which consisted of selected material from dam foundation and structure excavations . The locations of the various zones are shown on figure 8 . The embankment design was initially based on the use of ...
Page 53
... placements , inspection at mixing plants , and tests of earth materials during excava- tion and embankment placement . Laboratory forces supervised and assisted in installa- tion of technical apparatus on the dam embankment . Settlement ...
... placements , inspection at mixing plants , and tests of earth materials during excava- tion and embankment placement . Laboratory forces supervised and assisted in installa- tion of technical apparatus on the dam embankment . Settlement ...
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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