Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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... Materials ! The Minimum Fee for each Lost Book is $ 50.00 . The person charging this material is responsible for its return ithdrawn on or be Theft , mutilation , and llow . for discipli- nary action and may result in dismissal from the ...
... Materials ! The Minimum Fee for each Lost Book is $ 50.00 . The person charging this material is responsible for its return ithdrawn on or be Theft , mutilation , and llow . for discipli- nary action and may result in dismissal from the ...
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... material was delivered by railroad at Yuma , and then either shipped by steamboat or sent by teams to the site of the work . When the Reclamation Service took charge a levee was constructed on the California side of the river from Yuma ...
... material was delivered by railroad at Yuma , and then either shipped by steamboat or sent by teams to the site of the work . When the Reclamation Service took charge a levee was constructed on the California side of the river from Yuma ...
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... material encountered in the quarries , it was necessary to pave the top of the entire dam . In addi- tion the ... materials and the decrease in efficiency of labor . Edwin D. Vincent was resident engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation ...
... material encountered in the quarries , it was necessary to pave the top of the entire dam . In addi- tion the ... materials and the decrease in efficiency of labor . Edwin D. Vincent was resident engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation ...
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... material under the dam and the efficiency of the sheet piling cut - off . Five 3 - inch pipes were installed in the concrete in such a manner as to make it possible to measure the head at five points under the dam . The material under ...
... material under the dam and the efficiency of the sheet piling cut - off . Five 3 - inch pipes were installed in the concrete in such a manner as to make it possible to measure the head at five points under the dam . The material under ...
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... material is gravel . Borings made in the stream a short distance above the dam site and also a short distance below indicated that rock foundation would not be reached at less than 30 feet depth , and hence the dam was designed on the ...
... material is gravel . Borings made in the stream a short distance above the dam site and also a short distance below indicated that rock foundation would not be reached at less than 30 feet depth , and hence the dam was designed on 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