Jamestown Dam: Constructed 1952-1953 |
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... excavating operations in the cutoff trench . ยท 27. Excavating and loading embankment materials in borrow area No. 1 . 27 22883 29 230 30 32 34 38 40 41 42 45 50 52 59595 57 62 66 Figure LIST OF FIGURES ( continued ) Title Page 28. vi.
... excavating operations in the cutoff trench . ยท 27. Excavating and loading embankment materials in borrow area No. 1 . 27 22883 29 230 30 32 34 38 40 41 42 45 50 52 59595 57 62 66 Figure LIST OF FIGURES ( continued ) Title Page 28. vi.
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... loads : Weight of dry earth fill -- 120 pounds per cubic foot . Weight of saturated fill -- 135 pounds per cubic ... loads 35 (c) Flood routing criteria Economic considerations Design criteria 19 20 (a) General.
... loads : Weight of dry earth fill -- 120 pounds per cubic foot . Weight of saturated fill -- 135 pounds per cubic ... loads 35 (c) Flood routing criteria Economic considerations Design criteria 19 20 (a) General.
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... loads . uplift = not less than 1.50 . = - Allowable sliding factor without uplift -- 0.60 . Allowable sliding factor ... loading considered is temporary or unusual . 2. Outlet Works 21. Hydraulic Requirements . The hydraulic requirements ...
... loads . uplift = not less than 1.50 . = - Allowable sliding factor without uplift -- 0.60 . Allowable sliding factor ... loading considered is temporary or unusual . 2. Outlet Works 21. Hydraulic Requirements . The hydraulic requirements ...
Page 43
... and the concrete is reinforced sufficiently to carry the water load . The top flange of the bonnets and the bonnet covers were designed 43 (f) Downstream conduit and adit (g) Control house (h) High-pressure gates and controls.
... and the concrete is reinforced sufficiently to carry the water load . The top flange of the bonnets and the bonnet covers were designed 43 (f) Downstream conduit and adit (g) Control house (h) High-pressure gates and controls.
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... load , and were designed for a maximum head of 100 feet . They are made of cast iron , class 30 . The seats on the ... load imposed when rais- ing the gate leaf and the compression load when lowering the leaf . For lowering and seating ...
... load , and were designed for a maximum head of 100 feet . They are made of cast iron , class 30 . The seats on the ... load imposed when rais- ing the gate leaf and the compression load when lowering the leaf . For lowering and seating ...
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access road acre-feet adit axis batch borrow area borrow pit boulders cement channel and stilling CLAY,LEAN clayey coarse cofferdam concrete construction Contraction joint contractor control house crest cross drain cubic foot cubic yards cutoff collars cutoff trench discharge channel downstream conduit drill embankment excavation fill floor foundation gate chamber gate hanger glacial till graded gravelly grout cap Gutter high-pressure gates inlet structure installed intake structure James River Jamestown Dam Jamestown Reservoir joint filler Layer of mortar load located maximum MISSOURI RIVER BASIN mod plastic operations outlet channel Pierre shale pounds per square pump reinforced reservoir RESERVOIR WATER riprap RIVER BASIN PROJECT river channel rock Rubber waterstop sand and gravel SAND WITH EXCESS sandy SCALE OF FEET second-feet SECTION C-C settlement points Sewer pipe drain SILT SILTY CLAY slope specially compacted spillway station steel stilling basin storage Stutsman County sump pump thin-bedded upstream vertical wall
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Page 36 - ... n, the ratio of modulus of elasticity of steel to that of the concrete.โ
Page 5 - Reservoir was authorized by Section 9 of the Act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 891), referred to as the Flood Control Act of 1944.โ
Page 55 - June 8, 1954, 800 days being allowed for completion of the work. The work was completed and accepted by the Government on September 30, 1953, 251 days ahead of schedule.โ