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 18
... emergency gates embedded in concrete blocks which form the operating floor for the gates and valves . Directly in front of the gate blocks are the 84 - inch needle valves , supported on rein- forced concrete pedestals built integral ...
... emergency gates embedded in concrete blocks which form the operating floor for the gates and valves . Directly in front of the gate blocks are the 84 - inch needle valves , supported on rein- forced concrete pedestals built integral ...
Page 19
... gates . The emergency gates are housed in blocks of reinforced concrete , the tops of which are used as the operating floor . Needle valves are placed at approximately elevation 653 , 10 feet downstream from the emergency gates , on ...
... gates . The emergency gates are housed in blocks of reinforced concrete , the tops of which are used as the operating floor . Needle valves are placed at approximately elevation 653 , 10 feet downstream from the emergency gates , on ...
Page 35
... gates at elevation 1,288.0 . Gate regulation is effected hydraulically by filling the chamber with water to raise ... emergency gate , installed in tandem near the upstream end of each conduit . The operating mechanism for each pair of ...
... gates at elevation 1,288.0 . Gate regulation is effected hydraulically by filling the chamber with water to raise ... emergency gate , installed in tandem near the upstream end of each conduit . The operating mechanism for each pair of ...
Page 46
... gates 36 Fleer of sneth . fannel mean tow 1902.0 -3075 Cyclopean rubble ... Emergency gate 004- -Embankment Tan POOSEVELT LOCATION MAP of dom Training ... gates 30 CALE OF FLET Tool house TRACES North bridge RECORD DRAWING SALT RIVER map ...
... gates 36 Fleer of sneth . fannel mean tow 1902.0 -3075 Cyclopean rubble ... Emergency gate 004- -Embankment Tan POOSEVELT LOCATION MAP of dom Training ... gates 30 CALE OF FLET Tool house TRACES North bridge RECORD DRAWING SALT RIVER map ...
Page 60
... emergency gates at partial gate openings . The irrigation outlet works are pro- tected by a semicylindrical trashrack structure , an exact duplication of the structure protecting the sluice gate inlet works . The needle valve house is ...
... emergency gates at partial gate openings . The irrigation outlet works are pro- tected by a semicylindrical trashrack structure , an exact duplication of the structure protecting the sluice gate inlet works . The needle valve house is ...
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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