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    Corpus Christi dam failure

    Causes and description of failure of rolled-fill earth dam, with 1250-ft. concrete spillway on piles, with loss of one spillway abutment and 200 ft. of adjacent rolled-fill embankment; abutment design; supporting piles and sheet piles; elevation; and plan of break in dam; diagram of stain line on back of dam.

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    Causes and description of failure of rolled-fill earth dam, with 1250-ft. concrete spillway on piles, with loss of one spillway abutment and 200 ft. of adjacent rolled-fill embankment; abutment design; supporting piles and sheet piles; elevation; and plan of break in dam; diagram of stain line on back of dam.

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    Corpus Christi dam failure

    Causes and description of failure of rolled-fill earth dam, with 1250-ft. concrete spillway on piles, with loss of one spillway abutment and 200 ft. of adjacent rolled-fill embankment; abutment design; supporting piles and sheet piles; elevation; and plan of break in dam; diagram of stain line on back of dam.

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    Title:

    Corpus Christi dam failure

    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec

    Published in:

    Engineering News-Record ; 105

    Publication date:

    1930

    Size:

    5 pages

    Remarks:

    8 Figs.

    Type of media:

    Article (Journal)

    Type of material:

    Print

    Language:

    English

    Keywords:

    Dams, earth

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