Boysen Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1947-19521957 - Boysen Dam - 266 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 11
... holes were completed by Government forces between January 15 and March 12 , 1943. Forty additional diamond core drill holes were drilled between August 28 , 1945 , and September 1 , 1946 , during which time four test trenches were dug ...
... holes were completed by Government forces between January 15 and March 12 , 1943. Forty additional diamond core drill holes were drilled between August 28 , 1945 , and September 1 , 1946 , during which time four test trenches were dug ...
Page 25
... holes for the cutoff curtain were drilled with diamond drills through 2-1 / 2 - inch - diameter pipes set in the ... were spaced at 5 - foot intervals from station 1 + 00 to station 8 + 40 in the broken and seamy foundation material ...
... holes for the cutoff curtain were drilled with diamond drills through 2-1 / 2 - inch - diameter pipes set in the ... were spaced at 5 - foot intervals from station 1 + 00 to station 8 + 40 in the broken and seamy foundation material ...
Page 26
... holes in the spillway cutoff were drilled and grouted with the closure method by keeping a minimum interval of 40 feet between holes being drilled and holes being grouted . The grouting of these holes was accomplished by the use of ...
... holes in the spillway cutoff were drilled and grouted with the closure method by keeping a minimum interval of 40 feet between holes being drilled and holes being grouted . The grouting of these holes was accomplished by the use of ...
Page 27
... holes in the grout rings were deleted . In some areas it was found that an effective grout seal could be effected by drilling and grouting the odd and even holes respectively on alternate rings . Twenty - one additional holes were drilled ...
... holes in the grout rings were deleted . In some areas it was found that an effective grout seal could be effected by drilling and grouting the odd and even holes respectively on alternate rings . Twenty - one additional holes were drilled ...
Page 28
... were installed on the tunnel invert to bypass leakage water through the first plug section were grouted with a sand ... holes were drilled into the diversion tunnel plugs from the spillway to as- certain that all shrinkage or voids that might ...
... were installed on the tunnel invert to bypass leakage water through the first plug section were grouted with a sand ... holes were drilled into the diversion tunnel plugs from the spillway to as- certain that all shrinkage or voids that might ...
Contents
147 | |
153 | |
156 | |
161 | |
162 | |
164 | |
164 | |
165 | |
60 | |
66 | |
73 | |
79 | |
88 | |
95 | |
101 | |
111 | |
114 | |
122 | |
128 | |
136 | |
143 | |
170 | |
172 | |
173 | |
175 | |
177 | |
180 | |
189 | |
195 | |
203 | |
203 | |
211 | |
233 | |
Common terms and phrases
000 second-feet acre-feet anchor axis backfill Bighorn River Boysen Dam Boysen Powerplant Boysen Reservoir Brass breakers bridge Bronze bulkhead gate channel circuit circuit breakers compressor concrete construction contractor copper crest cubic foot deck designed diorite discharge diversion tunnel downstream draft tube drawing embankment equipment excavation flood foundation gate structure girders Government camp Gray iron Gros Ventre grout grout holes header hoist holes were drilled hydraulic inlet wall installed leaf left abutment load located material maximum normal operating outlet pipe penstock percent pier piezometer pounds per square powerhouse pressure pump radial gates railroad tunnel reinforced relocated reservoir water reservoir water surface right abutment ring RING SEAL riprap river rock roof sandstone SCALE OF FEET seal SECTION SHOSHONI side slope spillway square inch steel stilling basin storage surge tank switchyard tailwater tank Thermopolis transformer trashrack structure turbine unit upstream valve vertical zone