Sherman Dam: Constructed 1959-1962 |
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abutment acre-feet BASIN PROJECT MIDDLE bedding borrow pits BUREAU OF RECLAMATION chute CLAY coarse conduit construction control house crest Cross drain crushed rock curves dam embankment damsite DENVER designed DETAIL dilatancy quick dilatancy slow downstream slope drain with open earthfill elevation 2125 excavation Farwell unit Figure gate chamber Grand Island gravel or crushed high-pressure gates holes installed intake structure INTERIOR BUREAU irrigation layer loading located Loup City LOUP DIVISION-FARWELL UNIT-NEBRASKA maximum medium MIDDLE LOUP DIVISION-FARWELL Middle Loup River MISSOURI RIVER BASIN moist Nebr Oak Creek Ogallala piezometer pounds per square PROJECT MIDDLE LOUP reaction to HCL RECLAMATION MISSOURI RIVER reservoir water Reworked Loess riprap RIVER BASIN PROJECT second-feet SECTION A-A settlement points Sherman Dam Sherman Feeder Canal SILT silty Specially compacted spillway and outlet Steel outlet pipe steel pipe stilling basin toe drains Topsoil toughness slight trashracks upstream Zone 2 material
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