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Glen canyon dam -- $107 million contract sets records
Monolithic concrete arch structure will form third largest storage reservoir in world extending 186 mi up Colorado into Cataract Canyon; 4,770,000 cu yd of concrete will be poured into dam; steel required for reinforcing concrete, will total 35,340 tons; eight generators with combined capacity of 900,000 kw will make power plant world's seventh largest. (see also similar description by L.N. McCLELLAN in Western Construction v 32 n 2 Feb 1957 p 28-32, 34)
Glen canyon dam -- $107 million contract sets records
Monolithic concrete arch structure will form third largest storage reservoir in world extending 186 mi up Colorado into Cataract Canyon; 4,770,000 cu yd of concrete will be poured into dam; steel required for reinforcing concrete, will total 35,340 tons; eight generators with combined capacity of 900,000 kw will make power plant world's seventh largest. (see also similar description by L.N. McCLELLAN in Western Construction v 32 n 2 Feb 1957 p 28-32, 34)
Glen canyon dam -- $107 million contract sets records
Pac Bldr Engr
Sparks, T. (author)
1957
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Glen canyon dam -- $107 million contract sets records
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