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Dredge rescues big dam job
Earthmoving equipment failed in placing embankment for Tuttle Creek Dam across Big Blue River in Kansas; dam is relatively compact job; spillway excavation supplies materials for easy downhill haul to upstream face of dam; dredge in borrow pit about 1/2 mi away pumps sand for downstream portion of dam through pipeline; dredge is made up of four pontoons assembled at site; contractor erected superstructure on 90×30-ft hull and installed machinery.
Dredge rescues big dam job
Earthmoving equipment failed in placing embankment for Tuttle Creek Dam across Big Blue River in Kansas; dam is relatively compact job; spillway excavation supplies materials for easy downhill haul to upstream face of dam; dredge in borrow pit about 1/2 mi away pumps sand for downstream portion of dam through pipeline; dredge is made up of four pontoons assembled at site; contractor erected superstructure on 90×30-ft hull and installed machinery.
Dredge rescues big dam job
Construction Methods Equipment
1957
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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