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Vyrnwy Dam
Description and sketch on the Lake Vyrnwy masonry dam, constructed for increasing the water supply of Liverpool. Character of stone, binding material and method of laying given, cross section and diagram of stresses. Rubble masonry, using very large blocks, filling spaces with concrete. Area of lake 1,115 acres; available contents, 11,900,000,000 gallons: length of embankment, 1,255 feet; height, 139 feet. Abstracted from Lon. Eng., Jan. 8, 1886. (See also Eng. News., Jan 30, 1886)
Vyrnwy Dam
Description and sketch on the Lake Vyrnwy masonry dam, constructed for increasing the water supply of Liverpool. Character of stone, binding material and method of laying given, cross section and diagram of stresses. Rubble masonry, using very large blocks, filling spaces with concrete. Area of lake 1,115 acres; available contents, 11,900,000,000 gallons: length of embankment, 1,255 feet; height, 139 feet. Abstracted from Lon. Eng., Jan. 8, 1886. (See also Eng. News., Jan 30, 1886)
Vyrnwy Dam
San Eng
1886
Article (Journal)
English
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River gauging at Vyrnwy Reservoir
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