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 11
... channel with an inclined tunnel leading to the diversion tunnels , and a 50- by 50 - foot Stoney gate , installed at the upper end of the channel . Subsequent studies and model tests indicated that this type of structure was not suited ...
... channel with an inclined tunnel leading to the diversion tunnels , and a 50- by 50 - foot Stoney gate , installed at the upper end of the channel . Subsequent studies and model tests indicated that this type of structure was not suited ...
Page 12
... channel was designed as a parabola tangent to a 1⁄2 : 1 slope . The opposite side of the channel was provided with a similar slope . These slopes provide a width of 125 feet at the elevation of the weir crest at the upper end of the ...
... channel was designed as a parabola tangent to a 1⁄2 : 1 slope . The opposite side of the channel was provided with a similar slope . These slopes provide a width of 125 feet at the elevation of the weir crest at the upper end of the ...
Page 28
... channel . The unusual difference in elevation between the stream bed and lands which are susceptible of irrigation , constitutes the principal problem in the diversion of water . The river discharge during the period of record at Grand ...
... channel . The unusual difference in elevation between the stream bed and lands which are susceptible of irrigation , constitutes the principal problem in the diversion of water . The river discharge during the period of record at Grand ...
Page 29
... channel 600 feet above river level . The ancient granite is exposed for a short distance entirely across the coulee floor in addition to a considerable length of margin near the upper end of the basin . The major por- tions of the floor ...
... channel 600 feet above river level . The ancient granite is exposed for a short distance entirely across the coulee floor in addition to a considerable length of margin near the upper end of the basin . The major por- tions of the floor ...
Page 31
... channel for east power plant ; ( 2 ) Place concrete base for the high dam in lieu of com- pleting the low dam ; ( 3 ) Provide longitudinal contraction joints at 50 - foot in- tervals in the mass concrete base and install metal tubing ...
... channel for east power plant ; ( 2 ) Place concrete base for the high dam in lieu of com- pleting the low dam ; ( 3 ) Provide longitudinal contraction joints at 50 - foot in- tervals in the mass concrete base and install metal tubing ...
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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