Boysen Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1947-19521957 - Boysen Dam - 266 pages |
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... pumping from the Bighorn River downstream from the dam . The 15,000 kilowatts of generated power help to satisfy the ever - increasing demand for power in the Bighorn Basin . Boysen Dam will remove most of the silt load of the Bighorn ...
... pumping from the Bighorn River downstream from the dam . The 15,000 kilowatts of generated power help to satisfy the ever - increasing demand for power in the Bighorn Basin . Boysen Dam will remove most of the silt load of the Bighorn ...
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... pumps , control valves , air trap , and manifold system . The incoming plastic tubing from the embankment is joined to the 1 / 4 - inch standard brass pipe in the manifold system by compression - type connections . Individual 3-1 / 2 ...
... pumps , control valves , air trap , and manifold system . The incoming plastic tubing from the embankment is joined to the 1 / 4 - inch standard brass pipe in the manifold system by compression - type connections . Individual 3-1 / 2 ...
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... pumped into them and if possible interconnected with adjoining holes to wash fine materials from the seams . - 17 ... pump sumps were grouted when the embankment material had been placed to sufficient height . In the spillway 2-1 / 2 ...
... pumped into them and if possible interconnected with adjoining holes to wash fine materials from the seams . - 17 ... pump sumps were grouted when the embankment material had been placed to sufficient height . In the spillway 2-1 / 2 ...
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... pumped through the pipes of the three top pressure grout holes ; namely the top center hole and the two holes on either side of it . Individual vent holes that did not return grout were grouted individually and grout was pumped until ...
... pumped through the pipes of the three top pressure grout holes ; namely the top center hole and the two holes on either side of it . Individual vent holes that did not return grout were grouted individually and grout was pumped until ...
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... pumped into voids between the con- crete and rock from the crown holes in each ring of holes with a maximum pressure of 10 pounds per square inch . Vent holes that returned grout were opened at 45 - minute intervals and all water and ...
... pumped into voids between the con- crete and rock from the crown holes in each ring of holes with a maximum pressure of 10 pounds per square inch . Vent holes that returned grout were opened at 45 - minute intervals and all water and ...
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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