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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... Needle valves , Stoney gate , Canyon wall outlets , 6-84 " Needle valves Trail Adit- COFFERDAM 15-115,000 HP.AND 2-55,000 HP.UNITS 13 Penstocks Persto Tunnel plugs- 30 ' Steel penstocks Temporary outlets - 4 pair 6'x7-6 " Slide gates ...
... Needle valves , Stoney gate , Canyon wall outlets , 6-84 " Needle valves Trail Adit- COFFERDAM 15-115,000 HP.AND 2-55,000 HP.UNITS 13 Penstocks Persto Tunnel plugs- 30 ' Steel penstocks Temporary outlets - 4 pair 6'x7-6 " Slide gates ...
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... needle valves for the tunnel plug outlet works . The Nevada plug is located about 743 feet from the downstream portal of the tunnel and the Arizona plug about 456 feet from the downstream portal . These plugs were constructed by ...
... needle valves for the tunnel plug outlet works . The Nevada plug is located about 743 feet from the downstream portal of the tunnel and the Arizona plug about 456 feet from the downstream portal . These plugs were constructed by ...
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... Valves 81⁄2 Steel Outlet Pipes 6-72 " Needle Valves Arizona Spillway Tunnel 50 ' Diameter 2200 ' in length Stoney Gate 50'x35 ' EA.Dacey No. 27400 bending rolls , two 1,500 - ton presses , working as a unit , were provided . Following ...
... Valves 81⁄2 Steel Outlet Pipes 6-72 " Needle Valves Arizona Spillway Tunnel 50 ' Diameter 2200 ' in length Stoney Gate 50'x35 ' EA.Dacey No. 27400 bending rolls , two 1,500 - ton presses , working as a unit , were provided . Following ...
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... needle valves , 16 at elevation 820 and 16 at elevation 945 , located at the canyon walls , and 8 at elevation 662 in the tunnel plugs . By revising the outlet tunnels , increasing the size of the needle valves at elevation 820 , and ...
... needle valves , 16 at elevation 820 and 16 at elevation 945 , located at the canyon walls , and 8 at elevation 662 in the tunnel plugs . By revising the outlet tunnels , increasing the size of the needle valves at elevation 820 , and ...
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... needle valves . branch into three pipes , 13 feet in diameter , which in turn branch into six pipes 86 inches in diameter . A solid block of concrete 100 feet in length , with operating rooms and galleries , encases the outlet pipes for ...
... needle valves . branch into three pipes , 13 feet in diameter , which in turn branch into six pipes 86 inches in diameter . A solid block of concrete 100 feet in length , with operating rooms and galleries , encases the outlet pipes for ...
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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