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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... wall portions of 88 ° each , to be placed second ; and above the side wall sections the roof or arch section of 110 ° , to be placed last . Specifications required an average lining thickness of 36 inches with a 24 - inch minimum ...
... wall portions of 88 ° each , to be placed second ; and above the side wall sections the roof or arch section of 110 ° , to be placed last . Specifications required an average lining thickness of 36 inches with a 24 - inch minimum ...
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... wall was joined to the face paving by a concrete wall and rubber seal which was protected by a puddled clay fill and a 5 - foot thickness of dumped rock . A V - shaped sheet rubber water stop , extending from the steel piling to the ...
... wall was joined to the face paving by a concrete wall and rubber seal which was protected by a puddled clay fill and a 5 - foot thickness of dumped rock . A V - shaped sheet rubber water stop , extending from the steel piling to the ...
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... Wall Outlet Works 209'x 41'x 69 6-84 " Needle. BOULDER DAM AND APPURTENANT WORKS Arizona spillway , Boulder Dam . Looking upstream . Construction. ARIZONA ம -50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS Tunnel plug- COLORADO COFFERDAM Trashrack 50 ' DIVERSION ...
... Wall Outlet Works 209'x 41'x 69 6-84 " Needle. BOULDER DAM AND APPURTENANT WORKS Arizona spillway , Boulder Dam . Looking upstream . Construction. ARIZONA ம -50 ' DIVERSION TUNNELS Tunnel plug- COLORADO COFFERDAM Trashrack 50 ' DIVERSION ...
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... wall and back to the cooling slot . The coils varied in length from 220 to 1,340 feet and averaged 513 feet for 5,880 coils . More than 570 miles of tubing were embedded in the dam . The cooling pipes were laid directly on top of each 5 ...
... wall and back to the cooling slot . The coils varied in length from 220 to 1,340 feet and averaged 513 feet for 5,880 coils . More than 570 miles of tubing were embedded in the dam . The cooling pipes were laid directly on top of each 5 ...
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... wall outlet works , the tunnel plug outlet works , and the power plant turbines . The towers , located symmetrically with respect to the dam , were constructed on rock benches or shelves excavated in the canyon walls . Each tower ...
... wall outlet works , the tunnel plug outlet works , and the power plant turbines . The towers , located symmetrically with respect to the dam , were constructed on rock benches or shelves excavated in the canyon walls . Each tower ...
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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