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
... material of sand , gravel , and cobbles , after the loose riverbed material had been removed . The down- stream slope was 5 : 1 , and the upstream slope , 2 : 1 . The downstream slope was protected by a thick rock blanket . A rock ...
... material of sand , gravel , and cobbles , after the loose riverbed material had been removed . The down- stream slope was 5 : 1 , and the upstream slope , 2 : 1 . The downstream slope was protected by a thick rock blanket . A rock ...
Page 14
... material required for the gates , nose , throat , and entrance liners is more than 7,000,000 pounds . Three electrically operated screw - stem hoists are provided to raise and lower the gates individually or simultaneously as required ...
... material required for the gates , nose , throat , and entrance liners is more than 7,000,000 pounds . Three electrically operated screw - stem hoists are provided to raise and lower the gates individually or simultaneously as required ...
Page 16
... material to construct a pipe 35 feet in diameter . A study of the requirements for the power plant and for release of water from the reservoir showed that four steel pipes , each 30 feet in diameter , installed in the tunnels as ...
... material to construct a pipe 35 feet in diameter . A study of the requirements for the power plant and for release of water from the reservoir showed that four steel pipes , each 30 feet in diameter , installed in the tunnels as ...
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... material for aggregate was obtained from a natural river deposit , located about 8 miles upstream from the dam site on the Arizona side of the river . This was a typical water - borne deposit of well - rounded particles of excellent ...
... material for aggregate was obtained from a natural river deposit , located about 8 miles upstream from the dam site on the Arizona side of the river . This was a typical water - borne deposit of well - rounded particles of excellent ...
Page 23
... Material from the track hopper was trans- ported to the tipple by a system of inclined belt conveyors from which the material was distributed to the various bins . Each bin was capable of holding a 12 - hour supply of aggregate . The ...
... Material from the track hopper was trans- ported to the tipple by a system of inclined belt conveyors from which the material was distributed to the various bins . Each bin was capable of holding a 12 - hour supply of aggregate . 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