Boysen Dam and Powerplant: Constructed 1947-19521957 - Boysen Dam - 266 pages |
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... side slopes , and 70 feet maximum depth below river channel Concrete in cutoff wall : 925 cubic yards Location : East and right abutment of the dam , between the dam and the powerplant Type : Ogee weir surmounted by two 30- by 25 - foot ...
... side slopes , and 70 feet maximum depth below river channel Concrete in cutoff wall : 925 cubic yards Location : East and right abutment of the dam , between the dam and the powerplant Type : Ogee weir surmounted by two 30- by 25 - foot ...
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... side walls ( d ) Gate structure - head walls ( e ) Hoist bridge ( f ) Highway bridge ( g ) Compressor house ( h ) Left and right inlet walls ( i ) Chute walls ( j ) Chute floor ( k ) Stilling basin walls ( 1 ) Stilling basin floor ...
... side walls ( d ) Gate structure - head walls ( e ) Hoist bridge ( f ) Highway bridge ( g ) Compressor house ( h ) Left and right inlet walls ( i ) Chute walls ( j ) Chute floor ( k ) Stilling basin walls ( 1 ) Stilling basin floor ...
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... side of the range . Another site , above the present dam site , was also considered but because of the excessive depth to firm foundation rock and the excessive faulting of the rock , this site was also abandoned . In the initial stages ...
... side of the range . Another site , above the present dam site , was also considered but because of the excessive depth to firm foundation rock and the excessive faulting of the rock , this site was also abandoned . In the initial stages ...
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... side of the Boysen Reservoir . The tunnel begins above the reservoir water surface and descends to emerge from the right abutment of the dam , and below the water surface of the reservoir . Slightly over 3 miles of the Chicago and North ...
... side of the Boysen Reservoir . The tunnel begins above the reservoir water surface and descends to emerge from the right abutment of the dam , and below the water surface of the reservoir . Slightly over 3 miles of the Chicago and North ...
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... side by a sand , silt , and gravel zone . These zones are covered on the upstream side by riprap 3 feet thick above elevation 4660 and on the downstream side by rockfill increasing in thickness from the crest to the toe of the ...
... side by a sand , silt , and gravel zone . These zones are covered on the upstream side by riprap 3 feet thick above elevation 4660 and on the downstream side by rockfill increasing in thickness from the crest to the toe of the ...
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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