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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... water , at which stage the water surface area will be 146,500 acres . The lake will extend 115 miles up the Colorado River , through Boulder Canyon , Virgin Canyon , Iceberg and Travertine Canyons , and into the lower end of Grand ...
... water , at which stage the water surface area will be 146,500 acres . The lake will extend 115 miles up the Colorado River , through Boulder Canyon , Virgin Canyon , Iceberg and Travertine Canyons , and into the lower end of Grand ...
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... surface of small relief . The most character- istic features are reddish - black cliffs and exceedingly pre ... water elevation . The rocks forming the foundation and abutments for the dam are of volcanic origin . These rocks compose a ...
... surface of small relief . The most character- istic features are reddish - black cliffs and exceedingly pre ... water elevation . The rocks forming the foundation and abutments for the dam are of volcanic origin . These rocks compose a ...
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... surface . The surface was fin- ished by workmen on a movable platform suspended just above the concrete , using ... water collected in the roadway , softening the road . Also , during the summer months the temperature in the tunnels was ...
... surface . The surface was fin- ished by workmen on a movable platform suspended just above the concrete , using ... water collected in the roadway , softening the road . Also , during the summer months the temperature in the tunnels was ...
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... surface of the blocks was permitted . The form system consisted of metal ... water content . The buckets were all - welded construction of 4 - inch steel ... surface was washed with an air and water jet under high pressure , to remove any ...
... surface of the blocks was permitted . The form system consisted of metal ... water content . The buckets were all - welded construction of 4 - inch steel ... surface was washed with an air and water jet under high pressure , to remove any ...
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... 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 leading ...
... 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 leading ...
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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