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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... construction of self - liquidating irrigation projects in the semiarid and arid section , the need for additional water has resulted in the construction of progressively larger and more complicated dams , until recently control of the ...
... construction of self - liquidating irrigation projects in the semiarid and arid section , the need for additional water has resulted in the construction of progressively larger and more complicated dams , until recently control of the ...
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... construction of Boulder Dam were first started by the Reclamation Service in 1904. After a prolonged exam- ination of available storage sites in the upper part of the main valley a reconnaissance was conducted on the river below the ...
... construction of Boulder Dam were first started by the Reclamation Service in 1904. After a prolonged exam- ination of available storage sites in the upper part of the main valley a reconnaissance was conducted on the river below the ...
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... CONSTRUCTION Preparations for the construction of Boulder Dam involved many diversified construction operations of considerable magnitude . It was necessary to provide access to the site for transportation of supplies and equipment ...
... CONSTRUCTION Preparations for the construction of Boulder Dam involved many diversified construction operations of considerable magnitude . It was necessary to provide access to the site for transportation of supplies and equipment ...
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... construction of the dam , built 26 miles of rail- road ; one branch extending to the Arizona gravel deposits at the bottom of Black Canyon , and another to the Nevada side of the gorge at the dam site . The State of Nevada constructed a ...
... construction of the dam , built 26 miles of rail- road ; one branch extending to the Arizona gravel deposits at the bottom of Black Canyon , and another to the Nevada side of the gorge at the dam site . The State of Nevada constructed a ...
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... Construction. ARIZONA роо -50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS Tunnel plug- COLORADO COFFERDAM Trashrack 50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS NEVADA SPILLWAY Intake towers-- ARIZONA SPILLWAY Tunnel plug Permanent Highway-- cableway ... Adits DAM POWER PLANT 50 ...
... Construction. ARIZONA роо -50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS Tunnel plug- COLORADO COFFERDAM Trashrack 50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS NEVADA SPILLWAY Intake towers-- ARIZONA SPILLWAY Tunnel plug Permanent Highway-- cableway ... Adits DAM POWER PLANT 50 ...
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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