Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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Page 4
... amount of rock necessary to com- plete the dam had to be borrowed beyond the sluiceway lines . Second - class excavation was probably estimated upon the neat lines , but in practice much additional earth came to the pumps and suction ...
... amount of rock necessary to com- plete the dam had to be borrowed beyond the sluiceway lines . Second - class excavation was probably estimated upon the neat lines , but in practice much additional earth came to the pumps and suction ...
Page 5
... amount of concrete was also deposited in the Arizona sluiceway where the retaining walls had been undermined in places . This maintenance work in February , 1924 , was the first since the completion of the dam in 1909. There has been no ...
... amount of concrete was also deposited in the Arizona sluiceway where the retaining walls had been undermined in places . This maintenance work in February , 1924 , was the first since the completion of the dam in 1909. There has been no ...
Page 7
... amount of gravel for a depth At each site it was necessary first to build a tem- porary pile bridge across the river . The one at Mesilla Dam was 300 feet long , and that at Percha Dam 707 feet long . These bridges were removed after ...
... amount of gravel for a depth At each site it was necessary first to build a tem- porary pile bridge across the river . The one at Mesilla Dam was 300 feet long , and that at Percha Dam 707 feet long . These bridges were removed after ...
Page 10
... amount of the drift passed through the sluiceway , but occasionally a tree would lodge crosswise in front of the bents and it was necessary to dynamite it in order to permit its passing between the bents . In this manner the bridge was ...
... amount of the drift passed through the sluiceway , but occasionally a tree would lodge crosswise in front of the bents and it was necessary to dynamite it in order to permit its passing between the bents . In this manner the bridge was ...
Page 12
... amount of leakage through the rollers . PERSONNEL The engineers charged with the design of the dam were R. F. Walter , then supervising engineer of the central district , now chief engineer ; J. H. Miner , proj- ect engineer ; Frank ...
... amount of leakage through the rollers . PERSONNEL The engineers charged with the design of the dam were R. F. Walter , then supervising engineer of the central district , now chief engineer ; J. H. Miner , proj- ect engineer ; Frank ...
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American Falls Dam arch Arrowrock Arrowrock Dam back fill balanced needle valves bars Boise project borrow pits built Bureau of Reclamation buttresses canyon cement cent channel clay cobbles cofferdams completed conduit construction contracting officer contraction joints contractor core wall cost Creek crest crete cubic yards cut-off trench depth discharge downstream face drainage drains drawings drilled earth elevation embankment emergency gate engineer excavation fault zone foundation furnished Government gravel grout holes hauling hoist Illus included installed irrigation located material maximum ment metal miles North Platte project operation Owyhee Dam paint paragraph Pathfinder Dam penstock pipe pits placed plant portion pressure grouting railroad reservoir riprap river roller sand schedule second-feet shaft shown side slope sluice sluiceway solid rock specifications spillway storage stream bed structure suitable surface thickness timbering tion tracting officer Trash Rack unit prices bid upstream face vertical Weber River