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Another quarry blast fired as South Holston Dam nears completion
TVA South Holston Dam, 285 ft high, requires 3,390,000 cu yd of rock material; it is obtained from quarry where its cost ready for hauling is $0.365 per cu yd; placed in dam, rock costs $0.99 per cu yd; coyote tunnels and big blasts were used to loosen rock instead of conventional well drill method; dam will store 783,000 acre ft for flood control.
Another quarry blast fired as South Holston Dam nears completion
TVA South Holston Dam, 285 ft high, requires 3,390,000 cu yd of rock material; it is obtained from quarry where its cost ready for hauling is $0.365 per cu yd; placed in dam, rock costs $0.99 per cu yd; coyote tunnels and big blasts were used to loosen rock instead of conventional well drill method; dam will store 783,000 acre ft for flood control.
Another quarry blast fired as South Holston Dam nears completion
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 145
1950
Article (Journal)
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