Dams and Control WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - Dams |
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... Pounds . 48 , 031 137 , 443 Months 15 17 Miles .. $ 139,000 $ 126,000 27 5 Concrete was mixed by a half - yard Milwaukee mixer , and transported in push cars of 1 cubic yard capacity , running on a trestle at such a height as to permit ...
... Pounds . 48 , 031 137 , 443 Months 15 17 Miles .. $ 139,000 $ 126,000 27 5 Concrete was mixed by a half - yard Milwaukee mixer , and transported in push cars of 1 cubic yard capacity , running on a trestle at such a height as to permit ...
Page 10
... pounds per square inch . The 70 - foot rollers can be raised from the lowest to the highest position , a distance of 16 feet , in 15 min- utes . A power plant at the west end of the dam generates electric power for operating the rollers ...
... pounds per square inch . The 70 - foot rollers can be raised from the lowest to the highest position , a distance of 16 feet , in 15 min- utes . A power plant at the west end of the dam generates electric power for operating the rollers ...
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... pounds per square inch . A few holes took from 10 to 20 sacks of cement but the average for the 201 holes drilled and grouted was only 1.53 sacks . After the grouting was completed a row of drain holes , 8 feet downstream from the ...
... pounds per square inch . A few holes took from 10 to 20 sacks of cement but the average for the 201 holes drilled and grouted was only 1.53 sacks . After the grouting was completed a row of drain holes , 8 feet downstream from the ...
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... pound rails . A 3 - drum hoist with a 300 - horsepower motor operated the cableway proper and a single drum hoist with a 60 - horsepower motor operated the movable tower . The cableway was the most useful and satisfactory piece of ...
... pound rails . A 3 - drum hoist with a 300 - horsepower motor operated the cableway proper and a single drum hoist with a 60 - horsepower motor operated the movable tower . The cableway was the most useful and satisfactory piece of ...
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... pounds per square inch , grout being applied in holes drilled approxi- mately 30 feet into rock . The grout holes were spaced 10 feet apart , longitudinally , and were arranged in four lines located as shown in Section X - X of the ...
... pounds per square inch , grout being applied in holes drilled approxi- mately 30 feet into rock . The grout holes were spaced 10 feet apart , longitudinally , and were arranged in four lines located as shown in Section X - X of 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