Platoro Dam: Constructed 1949-19511954 - Dams - 71 pages |
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... cubic feet per second ( 1949 ) Reservoir : Area : 950 acres Total storage ( including superstorage ) : 67 , 800 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 042.0 Irrigation and flood control storage : 60,000 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 034.0 Dead ...
... cubic feet per second ( 1949 ) Reservoir : Area : 950 acres Total storage ( including superstorage ) : 67 , 800 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 042.0 Irrigation and flood control storage : 60,000 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 034.0 Dead ...
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... cubic feet per second ( 1949 ) 39.7 square miles Reservoir : Area : 950 acres Total storage ( including superstorage ) : 67,800 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 042.0 Irrigation and flood control storage : 60,000 acre - feet at elevation ...
... cubic feet per second ( 1949 ) 39.7 square miles Reservoir : Area : 950 acres Total storage ( including superstorage ) : 67,800 acre - feet at elevation 10 , 042.0 Irrigation and flood control storage : 60,000 acre - feet at elevation ...
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... cubic - yard shovel used to work a 30 - foot face in borrow area 6 45 46 21. Loading operations in gravel area 2 46 22. Embankment placing operations during early stages of construction 47 23. Completed embankment viewed from same point ...
... cubic - yard shovel used to work a 30 - foot face in borrow area 6 45 46 21. Loading operations in gravel area 2 46 22. Embankment placing operations during early stages of construction 47 23. Completed embankment viewed from same point ...
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... cubic feet per second with the reservoir surface at elevation 10 , 041.0 . The outlet works is on the right abutment . Progressing downstream , it consists of a trashrack structure , a concrete - lined high - pressure tunnel , a gate ...
... cubic feet per second with the reservoir surface at elevation 10 , 041.0 . The outlet works is on the right abutment . Progressing downstream , it consists of a trashrack structure , a concrete - lined high - pressure tunnel , a gate ...
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... cubic yards . The dam consists of two sections separated by a rock knoll -- the main dam across the present river ... cubic yards of material was excavated , of which approximately 26 , 500 cubic yards were utilized in zones 3 and 4 ...
... cubic yards . The dam consists of two sections separated by a rock knoll -- the main dam across the present river ... cubic yards of material was excavated , of which approximately 26 , 500 cubic yards were utilized in zones 3 and 4 ...
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