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Main dam, 245 ft high from Bear River bed, consists of dumped, washed rock fill; reinforced concrete facing, from 12 to 33 in. thick top to bottom, covers upstream slope; high pressure water jet washes out dirt and fines, helps to bed each large rock properly, and fills voids with finer rock particles; concrete facing consists of blocks 60 ft long, and from 25 to 60 ft wide.
Main dam, 245 ft high from Bear River bed, consists of dumped, washed rock fill; reinforced concrete facing, from 12 to 33 in. thick top to bottom, covers upstream slope; high pressure water jet washes out dirt and fines, helps to bed each large rock properly, and fills voids with finer rock particles; concrete facing consists of blocks 60 ft long, and from 25 to 60 ft wide.
Revive rock fill at Bear River
Excavating Engr
Green, R.J. (author)
Excavating Engineer ; 48
1952
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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