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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... flow of the Colorado River , providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States , and for the genera- tion of electrical ...
... flow of the Colorado River , providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States , and for the genera- tion of electrical ...
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... flow of the river during construction . These tunnels , circular in cross section , were excavated 56 feet in diameter and lined with 3 feet of concrete to make a finished section 50 feet in diameter . The combined length of the four ...
... flow of the river during construction . These tunnels , circular in cross section , were excavated 56 feet in diameter and lined with 3 feet of concrete to make a finished section 50 feet in diameter . The combined length of the four ...
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... flow , work was concentrated on the construction of the cofferdams to complete the river diver- sion program before ... flows . With the river out of the canyon , work was concentrated on the excavation of the dam site . Stripping the ...
... flow , work was concentrated on the construction of the cofferdams to complete the river diver- sion program before ... flows . With the river out of the canyon , work was concentrated on the excavation of the dam site . Stripping the ...
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... flow of not less than 3 gallons per minute through each coil , but an average actual flow of more than 4 gallons per minute was obtained . The refrigeration plant was rated at 825 tons of refrigera- tion , 1 ton being equal to the ...
... flow of not less than 3 gallons per minute through each coil , but an average actual flow of more than 4 gallons per minute was obtained . The refrigeration plant was rated at 825 tons of refrigera- tion , 1 ton being equal to the ...
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... flow to the canyon wall outlet works , the tunnel plug outlet works , and the power plant turbines . The towers , located symmetrically with respect to the dam , were constructed on rock benches or shelves excavated in the canyon walls ...
... flow to the canyon wall outlet works , the tunnel plug outlet works , and the power plant turbines . The towers , located symmetrically with respect to the dam , were constructed on rock benches or shelves excavated in the canyon walls ...
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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