Platoro Dam: Constructed 1949-19511954 - Dams - 71 pages |
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... approximately optimum water content . The preliminary investigations indicated gravel deposits both upstream and downstream from the dam site . Test pits were excavated in various river bars upstream from the dam for a distance of ...
... approximately optimum water content . The preliminary investigations indicated gravel deposits both upstream and downstream from the dam site . Test pits were excavated in various river bars upstream from the dam for a distance of ...
Page 7
... approximately at elevation 9907. The tunnel , which extended into the abutment a distance of 50 feet , was cleaned and backfilled with lean concrete . After the concrete was placed , the remaining voids were filled with grout ...
... approximately at elevation 9907. The tunnel , which extended into the abutment a distance of 50 feet , was cleaned and backfilled with lean concrete . After the concrete was placed , the remaining voids were filled with grout ...
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... approximately 600 feet west of the left abutment of the dike section . ( b ) Downstream Slope . --Slope protection is obtained with heavy rockfills from required excavation , oversize rock from the zone 1 screening plant , and material ...
... approximately 600 feet west of the left abutment of the dike section . ( b ) Downstream Slope . --Slope protection is obtained with heavy rockfills from required excavation , oversize rock from the zone 1 screening plant , and material ...
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... approximately midway between the gate chamber and the valve house takes up temperature movements of the pipe . The support rings of the pipe slide on self - lubricating bronze plates to reduce friction during temperature movements . The ...
... approximately midway between the gate chamber and the valve house takes up temperature movements of the pipe . The support rings of the pipe slide on self - lubricating bronze plates to reduce friction during temperature movements . The ...
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... approximately 880 cubic feet per second with a maxi- mum velocity of 51.5 feet per second in the pipe . The specifications required that the steel for the pipe conform to any one of the follow- ing American Society for Testing Materials ...
... approximately 880 cubic feet per second with a maxi- mum velocity of 51.5 feet per second in the pipe . The specifications required that the steel for the pipe conform to any one of the follow- ing American Society for Testing Materials ...
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5-Foot High-Pressure acre-feet andesite Bolt bulldozed butterfly valves channel cofferdam completed conduit Conejos River contract cost cubic feet cubic yards cutoff trench dam and dike dam embankment dam foundation Denver dike section discharge drain emergency gate end-dump trucks engineer equipment excavation fault feet per second Figure fill zone flange flow fractured gate chamber Government camp grout cap Grout holes haul high-pressure gate impervious material inches inlet installation joints July Aug Sept June 21 laboratory leaf-Class left abutment load located main dam maximum Metal metalwork mixer moisture Order for changes outlet pipe outlet tunnel PARTIAL RUNOFF percent placed placement plates Platoro Dam pumpcrete machine reservoir right abutment Rio Grande Compact RIO GRANDE COUNTY riprap ROCK BORROW AREA rockfill SAN LUIS VALLEY separation plant SLIDE ROCK BORROW specifications spillway bridge steel pipe support rings talus tests trashrack structure unit valve house zone 1 material
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Page 18 - ... PARTS 151. Character of Structure.— The structure is to be of the skeleton, curtain-beam type, resting on I-beam footings or grillages. The building is to be (18) stories high, with a basement story and a (flat) (mansard) (pointed) (hipped) roof. 152. Floor Loading.— The floors are to be calculated for a live load of (100) pounds per square foot, and a dead load of (50) pounds per square foot. The roof is to be calculated for a live load of (50) pounds per square foot, and a dead load of...
Page 22 - Specifications for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates of Flange and Firebox Qualities (Plates 2 in. and Under in Thickness) (ASTM Designation: A 285),' or Tentative Specifications for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates of Structural Quality (Plates 2 in.
Page 22 - Standard Specifications for FORGED- OR ROLLED-STEEL PIPE FLANGES, FORGED FITTINGS, AND VALVES AND PARTS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE SERVICE...