Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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... crest at flood stages . Nothing of the kind had ever been built in this country , and before a decision was reached ... crest of the dam with a top elevation of 151 feet above sea level , the next one is 572 feet downstream from the ...
... crest at flood stages . Nothing of the kind had ever been built in this country , and before a decision was reached ... crest of the dam with a top elevation of 151 feet above sea level , the next one is 572 feet downstream from the ...
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... Crest 151 No.14 142 142 142 Line A of Borings ARIZONA CALIFORNIA LAGUNA DAM W Hole No.12 11 9 Colorado River 0 200 600 800 1000 140 500 1000 1500 2000 146.2'Elev . High Water 1903 141.0'Elev . Low Water 1904 Slope 2-1 Rubble Blocks ...
... Crest 151 No.14 142 142 142 Line A of Borings ARIZONA CALIFORNIA LAGUNA DAM W Hole No.12 11 9 Colorado River 0 200 600 800 1000 140 500 1000 1500 2000 146.2'Elev . High Water 1903 141.0'Elev . Low Water 1904 Slope 2-1 Rubble Blocks ...
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... crest wall is protected by rock of varying top width from 10 to 30 feet and slope of about 3 to 1. Only the ends of the dam are built on rock , the remainder of the structure resting on the alluvial deposit of the valley , which was ...
... crest wall is protected by rock of varying top width from 10 to 30 feet and slope of about 3 to 1. Only the ends of the dam are built on rock , the remainder of the structure resting on the alluvial deposit of the valley , which was ...
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... crest was increased to 2,000 feet by the excavation of 25,800 cubic yards of débris with draglines . Pave- ment 12 feet wide and 6 inches thick was laid for 2,000 feet along the lower core wall in an effort to cause the water leaving ...
... crest was increased to 2,000 feet by the excavation of 25,800 cubic yards of débris with draglines . Pave- ment 12 feet wide and 6 inches thick was laid for 2,000 feet along the lower core wall in an effort to cause the water leaving ...
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... crest of weir 350 feet long . At the west end of the dam there is a sluiceway , closed by two steel Taintor gates , each 8 by 20 feet , making the total length between abutments 394 feet . The height of the dam is 14 feet , with the ...
... crest of weir 350 feet long . At the west end of the dam there is a sluiceway , closed by two steel Taintor gates , each 8 by 20 feet , making the total length between abutments 394 feet . The height of the dam is 14 feet , with the ...
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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