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Churchill storage dam
Features of Port Elizabeth Scheme; dam is constructed of series of barrel arches, which rest at angle of 60° on concrete buttresses; buttresses are longer at base than is necessary so that when weir is heightened, no blasting for foundations will be necessary; bridge to carry pipe line across Gamtoos is first self-anchored suspension bridge in Africa.
Churchill storage dam
Features of Port Elizabeth Scheme; dam is constructed of series of barrel arches, which rest at angle of 60° on concrete buttresses; buttresses are longer at base than is necessary so that when weir is heightened, no blasting for foundations will be necessary; bridge to carry pipe line across Gamtoos is first self-anchored suspension bridge in Africa.
Churchill storage dam
S African Engr
1946
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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