The Design and Construction of Dams: Including Masonry, Earth, Rock-fill, Timber, and Steel Structures, Also, Also the Principal Types of Movable Dams ... |
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15 feet 20 feet abutment apron arches ashlar Assiout base bear-trap bottom bridge canal cast-iron clay coffer-dam concrete constructed core-wall crest cribs Croton Dam Croton River cubic feet cubic foot cubic metres cubic yards curved cyclopean masonry dam was built Damietta diameter down-stream face down-stream side earth earthen dam elevation embankment excavated feet high feet long feet wide filled flume formulæ foundation frames front face gallons gate-house gates Gatun Dam gravel horizontal hydraulic inches irrigation joints laid leakage length lines of pressure lower main dam masonry dam maxima pressures maximum height miles mortar movable dams needles outlet-pipes overflow-weir pass piers piles pipes placed planks Plate Portland cement puddle river river-bed rock rock-fill rubble masonry sand shutters sluice-gates sluices specific gravity spillway square centimetre square miles steel sheet-piling stone surface timbers trench up-stream face up-stream side valley vertical wall waste-weir water-tight weir wickets width