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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... obtained by pumping from the Colorado River . After presedimentation near the river , the water is pumped 63⁄4 miles through two lifts to a 100,000- gallon tank at Boulder City for delivery by gravity to the treatment plant for ...
... obtained by pumping from the Colorado River . After presedimentation near the river , the water is pumped 63⁄4 miles through two lifts to a 100,000- gallon tank at Boulder City for delivery by gravity to the treatment plant for ...
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... obtained from the model tests furnished very satisfactory confirmations of the trial - load analyses and special stress studies , and indicated the adequacy of the design . The desirability of certain modifications in design details ...
... obtained from the model tests furnished very satisfactory confirmations of the trial - load analyses and special stress studies , and indicated the adequacy of the design . The desirability of certain modifications in design details ...
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... obtained by re- sistance thermometers buried in the concrete or inserted in the end of the cooling pipe at the slot . For cooling tower operations , the average temperature difference for water entering and leaving the concrete was 7.3 ...
... obtained by re- sistance thermometers buried in the concrete or inserted in the end of the cooling pipe at the slot . For cooling tower operations , the average temperature difference for water entering and leaving the concrete was 7.3 ...
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... 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 quality . The sand was largely ...
... 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 quality . The sand was largely ...
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... obtained from the river . Analyses showed that the ordinary river water was satisfactory , except for the silt - content which was frequently heavy . The water for the low - level mixing plant was pumped from the river several hundred ...
... obtained from the river . Analyses showed that the ordinary river water was satisfactory , except for the silt - content which was frequently heavy . The water for the low - level mixing plant was pumped from the river several hundred ...
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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