Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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... cent of stone laid up by hand with mortar and spalls . The upstream faces were cut stone with comparatively thin well - pointed joints . The more modern type is of cyclopean concrete containing a far smaller percentage of large stone ...
... cent of stone laid up by hand with mortar and spalls . The upstream faces were cut stone with comparatively thin well - pointed joints . The more modern type is of cyclopean concrete containing a far smaller percentage of large stone ...
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... cent . Cement used in the work was obtained at var- ious points near the Pacific coast , and from Iola , Kans . The price ranged from $ 2.84 to $ 3.53 per barrel f . o . b . the dam . During the time the contractors had charge , the ...
... cent . Cement used in the work was obtained at var- ious points near the Pacific coast , and from Iola , Kans . The price ranged from $ 2.84 to $ 3.53 per barrel f . o . b . the dam . During the time the contractors had charge , the ...
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... cent of them are still good for driving , and the remaining 20 per cent can be used after cutting off 1 to 3 feet . About one - fourth of the excavation at each job was done by teams and scrapers . The remainder at the Mesilla Dam was ...
... cent of them are still good for driving , and the remaining 20 per cent can be used after cutting off 1 to 3 feet . About one - fourth of the excavation at each job was done by teams and scrapers . The remainder at the Mesilla Dam was ...
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... cent ; that of superin- tendence and accounts to 1.62 per cent ; and general expense to 4.89 per cent . The total quantities of the different classes of work , total costs , and average unit costs are given in the accompanying table ...
... cent ; that of superin- tendence and accounts to 1.62 per cent ; and general expense to 4.89 per cent . The total quantities of the different classes of work , total costs , and average unit costs are given in the accompanying table ...
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... cent , engineering and inspection costs to 3.7 per cent , and camp maintenance cost to 5 per cent . The total quantities , total costs , and average unit costs of the principal classes of work are shown in the accompanying table ...
... cent , engineering and inspection costs to 3.7 per cent , and camp maintenance cost to 5 per cent . The total quantities , total costs , and average unit costs of the principal classes of work are shown in the accompanying table ...
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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