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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... tion to its crest . It has a total volume of concrete in the dam alone of 3,250,000 cubic yards and has created Lake Mead , a reservoir of 30,500,000 acre - feet capacity , by far the biggest so far . When completed , Grand Coulee Dam ...
... tion to its crest . It has a total volume of concrete in the dam alone of 3,250,000 cubic yards and has created Lake Mead , a reservoir of 30,500,000 acre - feet capacity , by far the biggest so far . When completed , Grand Coulee Dam ...
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... tion of ele herein aut andertakin Accordin of irrigable States . T Constructio the Imperi struction of northeast o to extend 1 west of Cale The Buted wall of BOULDER DAM BOULDER CANYON PROJECT , ARIZONA - CALIFORNIA -
... tion of ele herein aut andertakin Accordin of irrigable States . T Constructio the Imperi struction of northeast o to extend 1 west of Cale The Buted wall of BOULDER DAM BOULDER CANYON PROJECT , ARIZONA - CALIFORNIA -
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... tion of electrical energy as a means of making the project herein authorized a self - supporting and financially solvent undertaking . " According to preliminary estimates , about 1,900,000 acres of irrigable lands are located below the ...
... tion of electrical energy as a means of making the project herein authorized a self - supporting and financially solvent undertaking . " According to preliminary estimates , about 1,900,000 acres of irrigable lands are located below the ...
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... tion of 5,000 in the middle of a desert . Power had to be provided for construction and domestic purposes . The Union Pacific Railroad Co. constructed a branch line , 22.7 miles in length , from a point near Las Vegas . Nev . , to the ...
... tion of 5,000 in the middle of a desert . Power had to be provided for construction and domestic purposes . The Union Pacific Railroad Co. constructed a branch line , 22.7 miles in length , from a point near Las Vegas . Nev . , to the ...
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... tion to transmit power from the dam . Auxiliary power lines were erected from the substation to various parts of the work and a 7 - mile line from the substation to Boulder City was constructed by the Government . High temperatures at ...
... tion to transmit power from the dam . Auxiliary power lines were erected from the substation to various parts of the work and a 7 - mile line from the substation to Boulder City was constructed by the Government . High temperatures at ...
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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