Trenton Dam: Constructed 1949-1953 |
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Page 16
... operation for reservoir water surfaces above El . 2773.0 with a ratio of reservoir water surface rise to gate cable travel of 1 : 5 . Discharge is limited to 10,000 c.f.s. for reservoir water surfaces below El . 2773.0 The flood routing ...
... operation for reservoir water surfaces above El . 2773.0 with a ratio of reservoir water surface rise to gate cable travel of 1 : 5 . Discharge is limited to 10,000 c.f.s. for reservoir water surfaces below El . 2773.0 The flood routing ...
Page 17
... operation of the spillway gates together with the resulting height of dam were compared on the basis of the total cost of the dam . The location of the spillway with respect to the earth dam was given consideration in an effort to ...
... operation of the spillway gates together with the resulting height of dam were compared on the basis of the total cost of the dam . The location of the spillway with respect to the earth dam was given consideration in an effort to ...
Page 23
... operation depending upon the water surface elevation of the reservoir . Four 8 - foot - wide piers separate the gates and provide sup- port for a spillway bridge and gate control equipment . The spillway was designed for a discharge of ...
... operation depending upon the water surface elevation of the reservoir . Four 8 - foot - wide piers separate the gates and provide sup- port for a spillway bridge and gate control equipment . The spillway was designed for a discharge of ...
Page 32
... operation together with a hydrostatic loading on the pier , and a differential loading produced by one gate open and the adjacent gate closed . Reinforcement for the river outlets and river outlet gate chambers was designed for computed ...
... operation together with a hydrostatic loading on the pier , and a differential loading produced by one gate open and the adjacent gate closed . Reinforcement for the river outlets and river outlet gate chambers was designed for computed ...
Page 34
... operation is a safety feature for automati- cally discharging floods which could not be held in the reservoir . In an emergency , the combined effort of both gate control systems may be used for raising or lowering the gates . Two ...
... operation is a safety feature for automati- cally discharging floods which could not be held in the reservoir . In an emergency , the combined effort of both gate control systems may be used for raising or lowering the gates . Two ...
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accessory cut-off trench acre-feet Approach channel Axis backfill Berm blanket Blockout BUREAU OF RECLAMATION canal outlet centerline channel capacity coarse concrete conduit construction Contraction joint Counterweight crushed rock cutoff trench dam embankment designed discharge drain outlet emergency gate chamber Expansion joint Figure Float flood control floor gate structure gravel ground surface Grouted high-pressure gate Highway bridge holes horizontal hydraulic hydrostatic head inlet installed intake structure Limits of special load located loess material maximum Metal Nebr NORTH BORROW AREA Pierre shale piezometer Pipe handrail PROJ Radial gate railroad reinforcement relocation Republican River reservoir water surface riprap River outlet Rolled embankment SCALE OF FEET second-feet SECTION A-A Settlement point Shale surface Sheet SILT silty slope special compaction spillway crest spillway gates spillway structure steel stilling basin Stoplog storage Sump Sump pump surface at elevation surfaces where directed Trashrack structure Trenton Dam upstream vertical walls water surface elevation