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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... contracts for construction were awarded in 1931 , investigations , surveys , foundation explorations , geological examinations , and engineering studies on feasibility and cost were carried forward for the Boulder Canyon and alternative ...
... contracts for construction were awarded in 1931 , investigations , surveys , foundation explorations , geological examinations , and engineering studies on feasibility and cost were carried forward for the Boulder Canyon and alternative ...
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... , from a point near Las Vegas . Nev . , to the site for Boulder City . Under a contract with the Lewis Construction Co. , of Los Angeles , Calif . , the Government extended this line 10 % 1⁄2 miles from Boulder. 2 DAMS AND CONTROL WORKS.
... , from a point near Las Vegas . Nev . , to the site for Boulder City . Under a contract with the Lewis Construction Co. , of Los Angeles , Calif . , the Government extended this line 10 % 1⁄2 miles from Boulder. 2 DAMS AND CONTROL WORKS.
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... contract with the General Con- struction Co. of Seattle , Wash . , providing for a gravel- base , oil - surfaced highway , 22 feet wide and 8.3 miles in length , including side roads . From the Government highway , Six Companies , Inc ...
... contract with the General Con- struction Co. of Seattle , Wash . , providing for a gravel- base , oil - surfaced highway , 22 feet wide and 8.3 miles in length , including side roads . From the Government highway , Six Companies , Inc ...
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year in advance of the date contemplated at the time the contract was awarded . COFFERDAMS The With the river diverted through the tunnels during the winter season of low flow , work was concentrated on the construction of the ...
year in advance of the date contemplated at the time the contract was awarded . COFFERDAMS The With the river diverted through the tunnels during the winter season of low flow , work was concentrated on the construction of the ...
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... contract for furnishing and erecting the cableway equipment was awarded to the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. , of Elizabeth , N. J. , for $ 172,110 . A car of special design was used to transport the pipe sections from the cableway ...
... contract for furnishing and erecting the cableway equipment was awarded to the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. , of Elizabeth , N. J. , for $ 172,110 . A car of special design was used to transport the pipe sections from the cableway ...
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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