Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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... Excavation , class 3 ( rock ) 444,640 cubic yards ; excavation , class 2 ( earth ) 346,930 cubic yards ; rock in dam , 375,018 cubic yards ; concrete , 76,066 cubic yards ; sheet piling 82,779 linear feet . The contractor's bid was ...
... Excavation , class 3 ( rock ) 444,640 cubic yards ; excavation , class 2 ( earth ) 346,930 cubic yards ; rock in dam , 375,018 cubic yards ; concrete , 76,066 cubic yards ; sheet piling 82,779 linear feet . The contractor's bid was ...
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... 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 the dam to flow along the same plane as ...
... 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 the dam to flow along the same plane as ...
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... excavated . Two 6 - inch and two 10 - inch centrifugal pumps were installed at each dam to unwater the cofferdams . Excavation . Back filling .. Steel piling .. Concrete .. Item Riprap and paving . Gates and machinery . Time of ...
... excavated . Two 6 - inch and two 10 - inch centrifugal pumps were installed at each dam to unwater the cofferdams . Excavation . Back filling .. Steel piling .. Concrete .. Item Riprap and paving . Gates and machinery . Time of ...
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... excavation until early in September . Concreting was carried on through the winter with little interruption on account of weather . The piers were ready to receive the roller crests as soon as the fabricated material began to arrive in ...
... excavation until early in September . Concreting was carried on through the winter with little interruption on account of weather . The piers were ready to receive the roller crests as soon as the fabricated material began to arrive in ...
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... excavation , and the material was cast above and below the site to form dikes which served as cofferdams . The cut - off trenches were excavated by drilling , channeling , and light blasting , air for the drills being supplied by ...
... excavation , and the material was cast above and below the site to form dikes which served as cofferdams . The cut - off trenches were excavated by drilling , channeling , and light blasting , air for the drills being supplied by ...
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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