Boysen Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1947-19521957 - Boysen Dam - 266 pages |
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... designed to house two 8 , 333 - kv . -a . , 90 percent powerfactor generators , each driven at 180 r.p.m. by a 10,500 - horsepower turbine . The power transformers are located on the downstream deck of the powerhouse , with a take - off ...
... designed to house two 8 , 333 - kv . -a . , 90 percent powerfactor generators , each driven at 180 r.p.m. by a 10,500 - horsepower turbine . The power transformers are located on the downstream deck of the powerhouse , with a take - off ...
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... designed to prevent losses of water through the overburden and to reduce the velocity of percolation so that no danger of piping through the founda- tion or uplift at the downstream toe of the embankment will exist . It also increases ...
... designed to prevent losses of water through the overburden and to reduce the velocity of percolation so that no danger of piping through the founda- tion or uplift at the downstream toe of the embankment will exist . It also increases ...
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... designed that by intelligent regulation of the res- ervoir using pre - evacuated joint - use storage and surcharge storage , all floods up to the magnitude of the 100 - year frequency flood and the spillway design flood ( maximum prob ...
... designed that by intelligent regulation of the res- ervoir using pre - evacuated joint - use storage and surcharge storage , all floods up to the magnitude of the 100 - year frequency flood and the spillway design flood ( maximum prob ...
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... included here ) . - The spillway was on the right bank with the powerplant at the left side of the stilling basin and was designed for the following criteria : Maximum reservoir water surface , elevation 4752 . Normal reservoir 32.
... included here ) . - The spillway was on the right bank with the powerplant at the left side of the stilling basin and was designed for the following criteria : Maximum reservoir water surface , elevation 4752 . Normal reservoir 32.
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... designed for the following criteria : Maximum reservoir water surface , elevation 4752 . Normal water surface , elevation 4725 . Spillway crest , elevation 4700 . Two 30- by 25 - foot radial regulating gates . Spillway 151 feet long and ...
... designed for the following criteria : Maximum reservoir water surface , elevation 4752 . Normal water surface , elevation 4725 . Spillway crest , elevation 4700 . Two 30- by 25 - foot radial regulating gates . Spillway 151 feet long and ...
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