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Ice fractures concrete gate tower
Report of Bureau of Reclamation describes fracture of 152-ft. concrete gate tower at Magic reservoir on Big Wood River near Shoshone, Idaho, by ice; believed that entire tower was lifted vertically from its base by ice sheet which rose with water in reservoir; tower must have broken through ice on side facing dam and finally settled back to plumb almost exactly in place; steel was not used in tying tower to its base where rupture occurred.
Ice fractures concrete gate tower
Report of Bureau of Reclamation describes fracture of 152-ft. concrete gate tower at Magic reservoir on Big Wood River near Shoshone, Idaho, by ice; believed that entire tower was lifted vertically from its base by ice sheet which rose with water in reservoir; tower must have broken through ice on side facing dam and finally settled back to plumb almost exactly in place; steel was not used in tying tower to its base where rupture occurred.
Ice fractures concrete gate tower
Eng. News-Rec
Engineering News Record ; 101
1928
Article (Journal)
English
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