Platoro Dam: Constructed 1949-19511954 - Dams - 71 pages |
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... plant , and material from rock borrow areas . A fill below elevation 9900 between the downstream toe and the valve house has been added to provide a disposal area for waste material and an access and a parking area for the valve house ...
... plant , and material from rock borrow areas . A fill below elevation 9900 between the downstream toe and the valve house has been added to provide a disposal area for waste material and an access and a parking area for the valve house ...
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... plant to produce zone 1 material with maximum - size rocks of 5 inches instead of 3 inches 3. Increasing the size of rock in the zone 1 material , extending the borrow area into drier material , and the more favorable drying weather ...
... plant to produce zone 1 material with maximum - size rocks of 5 inches instead of 3 inches 3. Increasing the size of rock in the zone 1 material , extending the borrow area into drier material , and the more favorable drying weather ...
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... plant from 3 to 5 inches ; extending borrow area 6 to include an area southeast which contained drier material ; providing for use of salvaged materials from rock borrow area 2 in zone 3 of the dam and dike ; and providing for quarrying ...
... plant from 3 to 5 inches ; extending borrow area 6 to include an area southeast which contained drier material ; providing for use of salvaged materials from rock borrow area 2 in zone 3 of the dam and dike ; and providing for quarrying ...
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... Plant Line 2 - A SLIDE ROCK BORROW AREA 7 BORROW AREA NUMBER ACRES 10075 4 0.5 1 6.0 GRAVEL AREA NUMBER SCALE IN FEET ROCK BORROW AREA GTP - 2-8 GTP - 2-1 GTP - 2-2 -2-10 TO PLATORO 9925 9950 9975 5.1 - E - 16 PLATORO , COLORADO - MARCH ...
... Plant Line 2 - A SLIDE ROCK BORROW AREA 7 BORROW AREA NUMBER ACRES 10075 4 0.5 1 6.0 GRAVEL AREA NUMBER SCALE IN FEET ROCK BORROW AREA GTP - 2-8 GTP - 2-1 GTP - 2-2 -2-10 TO PLATORO 9925 9950 9975 5.1 - E - 16 PLATORO , COLORADO - MARCH ...
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... plant by 17 - cubic - yard bottom - dump trailers . 5 - SL - 760 , August 2 , 1950 Figure 21. --Loading operations in gravel area No. 2. The dragline with 2 - cubic - yard bucket was used to load 11 - cubic - yard end - dump trucks ...
... plant by 17 - cubic - yard bottom - dump trailers . 5 - SL - 760 , August 2 , 1950 Figure 21. --Loading operations in gravel area No. 2. The dragline with 2 - cubic - yard bucket was used to load 11 - cubic - yard end - dump trucks ...
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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...
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