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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... reservoir of 30,500,000 acre - feet capacity , by far the biggest so far . When completed , Grand Coulee Dam , while it will be only 553 feet in height , will be the most massive masonry structure in the world . It will contain about ...
... reservoir of 30,500,000 acre - feet capacity , by far the biggest so far . When completed , Grand Coulee Dam , while it will be only 553 feet in height , will be the most massive masonry structure in the world . It will contain about ...
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... RESERVOIR OUTLETS . HYDRAULIC MODEL TESTING OF STRUCTURES STRUCTURAL MODEL TESTING OF DAMS 174 177 205 213 CONCRETE LABORATORY OPERATIONS 227 EARTH MATERIALS LABORATORY OPERATION 232 TRIAL LOAD METHOD OF ANALYZING ARCH DAMS 235 ...
... RESERVOIR OUTLETS . HYDRAULIC MODEL TESTING OF STRUCTURES STRUCTURAL MODEL TESTING OF DAMS 174 177 205 213 CONCRETE LABORATORY OPERATIONS 227 EARTH MATERIALS LABORATORY OPERATION 232 TRIAL LOAD METHOD OF ANALYZING ARCH DAMS 235 ...
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... RESERVOIR The Colorado River , including the Gila River , drains an area of about 245,000 square miles , including ... reservoir capacity due to silting will merely involve a reduction in dead storage . It is estimated that in the first ...
... RESERVOIR The Colorado River , including the Gila River , drains an area of about 245,000 square miles , including ... reservoir capacity due to silting will merely involve a reduction in dead storage . It is estimated that in the first ...
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... reservoir is full . PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION Preparations for the construction of Boulder Dam involved many diversified construction operations of considerable magnitude . It was necessary to provide access to the site for ...
... reservoir is full . PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION Preparations for the construction of Boulder Dam involved many diversified construction operations of considerable magnitude . It was necessary to provide access to the site for ...
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... reservoir water surface at elevation 1,232 was selected for the preparation of spillway designs . The designs included in the specifications were based on a 700 - foot free crest , a long concrete - lined channel with an inclined tunnel ...
... reservoir water surface at elevation 1,232 was selected for the preparation of spillway designs . The designs included in the specifications were based on a 700 - foot free crest , a long concrete - lined channel with an inclined tunnel ...
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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