Dams and Control Works, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Dams A description of representative storage and diversion dams and high-pressure reservoir outlet works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamtion. |
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Page 74
... borrow pit at the east end of the dam . Both embankments were constructed by depositing the earth in 6 - inch layers , sprinkling , and rolling with a 10 - ton roller . Rock for riprapping the embankments was obtained from the ...
... borrow pit at the east end of the dam . Both embankments were constructed by depositing the earth in 6 - inch layers , sprinkling , and rolling with a 10 - ton roller . Rock for riprapping the embankments was obtained from the ...
Page 98
... borrow pit and rock from the tunnel and spillway were placed as an added layer outside of the coarse sluice fill . The upper 100 feet of the slope was finished off with 4 feet of riprap placed on a 3 : 1 slope . The earth embankment ...
... borrow pit and rock from the tunnel and spillway were placed as an added layer outside of the coarse sluice fill . The upper 100 feet of the slope was finished off with 4 feet of riprap placed on a 3 : 1 slope . The earth embankment ...
Page 99
... borrow pit material . Pressure cells , pipes with well points connected to pressure gages , and 3 - inch open pipes with gate valves were placed in the fill upstream from the corewall to study the consolida- tion of the puddle material ...
... borrow pit material . Pressure cells , pipes with well points connected to pressure gages , and 3 - inch open pipes with gate valves were placed in the fill upstream from the corewall to study the consolida- tion of the puddle material ...
Page 107
... borrow pit areas . RESERVOIR Echo Reservoir has a storage capacity of 74,000 acre - feet and a drainage area of 730 square miles . The lake formed by the dam is 41⁄2 miles long , with a maximum width of 1 mile and a surface area of ...
... borrow pit areas . RESERVOIR Echo Reservoir has a storage capacity of 74,000 acre - feet and a drainage area of 730 square miles . The lake formed by the dam is 41⁄2 miles long , with a maximum width of 1 mile and a surface area of ...
Page 111
... borrow pits for earth materials were available near the dam site . The major portion of the earth fill was obtained from a borrow pit located upstream from the left abutment . The material consisted of an unassorted mixture of well ...
... borrow pits for earth materials were available near the dam site . The major portion of the earth fill was obtained from a borrow pit located upstream from the left abutment . The material consisted of an unassorted mixture of well ...
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acre-feet aggregate All-American Canal arch Arrowrock Dam basin borrow pit Boulder Dam bronze BUREAU OF RECLAMATION buttress cableway canal cantilever canyon walls cement centers channel cofferdam construction contraction joints cooling cost crest cubic yards cut-off wall cylinder deflections designed diameter discharge diversion tunnel downstream face drain drainage drilled dumped earth elevation embankment emergency gates Engineering excavation feet long foundation gallery gate chamber Grand Coulee Grand Coulee Dam gravel gravity grout grout holes hoist horizontal hydraulic Imperial Dam Installing and painting irrigation left abutment located lower material maximum miles mixer needle valves operation outlet Owyhee Dam penstock pipe placed pounds per square pressure pump radial reservoir reservoir water right abutment riprap river rock fill roller sand second-feet shaft side slope sluice sluiceway spillway square inch steel storage stresses structure temperature tests thickness tion trashrack trial load upstream face vertical water surface