Boysen Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1947-19521957 - Boysen Dam - 266 pages |
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... Reservoir Dam Capacity : Total 1 , 493 , 000 acre - feet at high water elevation 4752 ; superstorage 673 , 330 acre - feet above elevation 4725 ( storage of 150 , 000 acre - feet between elevations 4717 and 4725 is normally used for ...
... Reservoir Dam Capacity : Total 1 , 493 , 000 acre - feet at high water elevation 4752 ; superstorage 673 , 330 acre - feet above elevation 4725 ( storage of 150 , 000 acre - feet between elevations 4717 and 4725 is normally used for ...
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... Dam and Powerplant from above left abutment , showing reservoir area before start of water storage 144 47 Government organization chart 160 48 View of Boysen Government camp area 163 49 Backfilling " camp " cut - and - cover section of ...
... Dam and Powerplant from above left abutment , showing reservoir area before start of water storage 144 47 Government organization chart 160 48 View of Boysen Government camp area 163 49 Backfilling " camp " cut - and - cover section of ...
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... dam site . - 2. Purpose and Scope of Project . The regulation of the floods and normal flows of the Bighorn River by the Boysen Dam , the availability of the released water for the generation of low - cost power from the Boysen ...
... dam site . - 2. Purpose and Scope of Project . The regulation of the floods and normal flows of the Bighorn River by the Boysen Dam , the availability of the released water for the generation of low - cost power from the Boysen ...
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... DAM AND POWER PLANT- Creek T.4 N. Reservoir high water line El . 4752- T. 3 N. T. 2 N. Muddy Creek Five Mile Gulch WYO . No. 320 HORN BIG R.5 E. R.6 E. Emery ONIM RIVER MERIDIAL 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN Siding -RAILROAD_ TUNNEL US HIGHWAY ...
... DAM AND POWER PLANT- Creek T.4 N. Reservoir high water line El . 4752- T. 3 N. T. 2 N. Muddy Creek Five Mile Gulch WYO . No. 320 HORN BIG R.5 E. R.6 E. Emery ONIM RIVER MERIDIAL 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN Siding -RAILROAD_ TUNNEL US HIGHWAY ...
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... dam to impound water for irrigation of land below . In 1908 , Asmus Boysen , a Wyoming businessman , constructed a small concrete slab - and - buttress dam ( fig . 3 ) about 1 mile below the present dam , to provide head and storage ...
... dam to impound water for irrigation of land below . In 1908 , Asmus Boysen , a Wyoming businessman , constructed a small concrete slab - and - buttress dam ( fig . 3 ) about 1 mile below the present dam , to provide head and storage ...
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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