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 6
... of steel sheet - piling , driven to bedrock along the upstream toe . The cut - off wall was joined to the face paving by a concrete wall and rubber seal which was protected by a puddled clay fill and a 5 - foot thickness of dumped rock ...
... of steel sheet - piling , driven to bedrock along the upstream toe . The cut - off wall was joined to the face paving by a concrete wall and rubber seal which was protected by a puddled clay fill and a 5 - foot thickness of dumped rock ...
Page 7
... wall outlets , 6-84 " Needle valves Trail Adit- COFFERDAM 15-115,000 HP.AND ... cut - off under the heel of the dam , followed the upstream outline of the ... of construction September 25 , 1933 . of 35. BOULDER DAM 7.
... wall outlets , 6-84 " Needle valves Trail Adit- COFFERDAM 15-115,000 HP.AND ... cut - off under the heel of the dam , followed the upstream outline of the ... of construction September 25 , 1933 . of 35. BOULDER DAM 7.
Page 46
... wall Too ! house 48 Connections between T penstocks and 48 pipes ... cut and laid in courses with mortar joints of about 2 inches . The masonry ... off built across the canyon . The curve of the arch misses the fault in the abutment areas ...
... wall Too ! house 48 Connections between T penstocks and 48 pipes ... cut and laid in courses with mortar joints of about 2 inches . The masonry ... off built across the canyon . The curve of the arch misses the fault in the abutment areas ...
Page 59
... of the dam from the adit to the elevation of the roadway . The left abutment entrance to the galleries is through a 9 - foot inside diameter concrete turret house , located at sta- tion 0 + 75 near the downstream parapet wall ... cut - off ...
... of the dam from the adit to the elevation of the roadway . The left abutment entrance to the galleries is through a 9 - foot inside diameter concrete turret house , located at sta- tion 0 + 75 near the downstream parapet wall ... cut - off ...
Page 63
... wall consisted of a plank diaphragm with 3- by 12 - inch sides and a 2- by 12- inch center , embedded in concrete ... cut - off trench was subsequently loaded by hand on cableway skips and deposited in the pool at the down- stream toe of the ...
... wall consisted of a plank diaphragm with 3- by 12 - inch sides and a 2- by 12- inch center , embedded in concrete ... cut - off trench was subsequently loaded by hand on cableway skips and deposited in the pool at the down- stream toe of the ...
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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