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Cle Elum Dam completes storage for Yakuma project
Rolled-earth dam, 130 ft high, made up of borrowpit material rolled in 6 1/2-in. layers to compaction of 134 lb per cu ft; method of sinking gate shaft 140 ft deep; construction of 19-ft diam outlet tunnel 1800 ft long driven through gravel, using steel liner plates; 30-in. lining of reinforced concrete placed inside plates; spillway leads to stilling pool with dentated sill.
Cle Elum Dam completes storage for Yakuma project
Rolled-earth dam, 130 ft high, made up of borrowpit material rolled in 6 1/2-in. layers to compaction of 134 lb per cu ft; method of sinking gate shaft 140 ft deep; construction of 19-ft diam outlet tunnel 1800 ft long driven through gravel, using steel liner plates; 30-in. lining of reinforced concrete placed inside plates; spillway leads to stilling pool with dentated sill.
Cle Elum Dam completes storage for Yakuma project
Eng News-Rec
Newell, R.J. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 111
1933
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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