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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... removing the heat generated by the setting of the cement ; contraction joints are designed at regular intervals to re- strict the cracking of the concrete , and the joints are grouted to form a monolithic structure . Similarly , methods ...
... removing the heat generated by the setting of the cement ; contraction joints are designed at regular intervals to re- strict the cracking of the concrete , and the joints are grouted to form a monolithic structure . Similarly , methods ...
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... removal of approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards of rock . The rock proved to be of excellent quality and no support was re- quired for any portion of the ... removed and with two folding wings built on either side were used for BOULDER DAM 3.
... removal of approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards of rock . The rock proved to be of excellent quality and no support was re- quired for any portion of the ... removed and with two folding wings built on either side were used for BOULDER DAM 3.
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... removed to secure an adequate foundation of consolidated sand , gravel , and boulders . The structure as completed was 98 feet from base to crest and 30 feet above the top of the diversion tunnels . A freeboard of 13 feet was provided ...
... removed to secure an adequate foundation of consolidated sand , gravel , and boulders . The structure as completed was 98 feet from base to crest and 30 feet above the top of the diversion tunnels . A freeboard of 13 feet was provided ...
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... removed for the construction of the spillways . The face of the weir that forms part of one side of the spillway channel was designed as a parabola tangent to a 1⁄2 : 1 slope . The opposite side of the channel was provided with a ...
... removed for the construction of the spillways . The face of the weir that forms part of one side of the spillway channel was designed as a parabola tangent to a 1⁄2 : 1 slope . The opposite side of the channel was provided with a ...
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... removal . The inclines to the upper headings were excavated by driving an 8- by 8 - foot center heading and then enlarging the opening by two drillings . The muck was removed from the lower end of the incline by power shovel and trucks ...
... removal . The inclines to the upper headings were excavated by driving an 8- by 8 - foot center heading and then enlarging the opening by two drillings . The muck was removed from the lower end of the incline by power shovel and trucks ...
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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