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Masonry Dams from Inception to Completion

Masonry Dams from Inception to Completion

Courtney, Charles Frederick

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150458763
ISBN13: 9781150458767
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.39 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Subtitle: Including Numerous Formulae, Forms of Specification and Tender, Pocket Diagram of Forces, Etc.; for the Use of Civil and Mining Engineers General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: C. Lockwood and Son Subjects: Dams Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LOCATION OF DAM. Having settled upon a site that meets in every respect the requirements demanded -- which embraces extensively the utilization of every source of supply, and the adaptation of such sources to the required object under investigation -- the next point to be studied is the one of locating the precise position where the dam is to be built; and herein are involved a few matters that call for special consideration. It is of course understood that an impounding reservoir cannot be constructed tmless there be an impervious bed under it at such a depth as to permit the construction of the dam being practicable. It is often found that where two streams meet a contraction of the valley occurs a little lower down, and the best site for the erection of a dam is where a valley widens out into a flat area bounded by steep sides, there generally being a contraction of the valley in close proximity. The quality, condition, and class of rock; inclination of strata, permeability, and direction; whether in closing the valley the strata will pass obliquely under the dam at right angles or parallel with it -- are all matters requiring consideration. Observation will also be made as to whether any portion of the district has been recently or in past times subjected to the disturbing influence of volcanic eruption or earthquake shocks. The solidity of the rock upon which the dam is to he founded is also of g...

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