Twin Buttes Dam: Constructed 1960-1963, San Angelo Project, Texas, Volume 92 |
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acre-feet Anchor bars backfill bedding Blockout blocky borrow area BUREAU OF RECLAMATION caliche CLAY clayey concrete conduit construction contractor CREST OF DAM cubic yards cutoff trench dam embankment discharge dolomitic downstream Drain with open drainage blanket DRY DENSITY elevation equalizing channel excavation firm to moderately fixed-wheel gate flood control foundation gate structure gravel gray grout gypsiferous hoist holes inches installed intake structure laminated layers light green LIMESTONE limy located maximum Middle Concho River moderately hard oil pumps open joints operation percent pipe placement platy pressure radial gates red and green reservoir water riprap rubber waterstop San Angelo sand SANDSTONE sandy SCALE OF FEET second-feet SHALE shaly siltstone silty slope soft seams sondy South Concho River special compaction spillway and outlet Spring Creek station stilling basin storage tailwater tests toe drain tractor trashracks Twin Buttes Dam upstream Water level water surface zone 1 material zone 2A
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