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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... reinforced with - inch round bars on 15 - inch centers , spaced both ways . The reinforcement was continuous through the con- struction joints which extended up and down the face on 16 - foot centers . The slab extended down to and ...
... reinforced with - inch round bars on 15 - inch centers , spaced both ways . The reinforcement was continuous through the con- struction joints which extended up and down the face on 16 - foot centers . The slab extended down to and ...
Page 12
... reinforced to meet these conditions and an unusually large quantity of reinforcement steel amounting to approximately 4,000,000 pounds or more than 160 pounds per cubic yard of concrete was provided for each structure . The sections of ...
... reinforced to meet these conditions and an unusually large quantity of reinforcement steel amounting to approximately 4,000,000 pounds or more than 160 pounds per cubic yard of concrete was provided for each structure . The sections of ...
Page 14
... Reinforced concrete beams connecting the fins were placed at intervals of approximately 10 feet 7 inches from the base of the dam to elevation 1,200 . These beams support steel trashrack sections , 10 feet 7 inches high and 12 feet 8 ...
... Reinforced concrete beams connecting the fins were placed at intervals of approximately 10 feet 7 inches from the base of the dam to elevation 1,200 . These beams support steel trashrack sections , 10 feet 7 inches high and 12 feet 8 ...
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... reinforce the lining as a protection against leakage . The possibility of placing welded steel lining in the tunnels to prevent leakage was also investigated ; but it was discovered that a steel lining , sufficiently thick to resist ...
... reinforce the lining as a protection against leakage . The possibility of placing welded steel lining in the tunnels to prevent leakage was also investigated ; but it was discovered that a steel lining , sufficiently thick to resist ...
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... reinforced concrete structures containing all the operating and maintenance equipment . The houses are similar in design , except for slight differ- ences in size caused by the angles at which the valves pass through the houses . The ...
... reinforced concrete structures containing all the operating and maintenance equipment . The houses are similar in design , except for slight differ- ences in size caused by the angles at which the valves pass through the houses . 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