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Diverting Columbia at McNary
Diverting Columbia river for construction of 100 ft high 240 ft long earth fill dam; types of cofferdam construction; closure of cofferdam difficult because channel at its deepest point is 70 ft below river elevation and river flow of 100,000 cfs has velocity of 10 fps; concrete tetrahedrons were used to hold cofferdam against current until rock filling could be performed; illustrated description of work stages.
Diverting Columbia at McNary
Diverting Columbia river for construction of 100 ft high 240 ft long earth fill dam; types of cofferdam construction; closure of cofferdam difficult because channel at its deepest point is 70 ft below river elevation and river flow of 100,000 cfs has velocity of 10 fps; concrete tetrahedrons were used to hold cofferdam against current until rock filling could be performed; illustrated description of work stages.
Diverting Columbia at McNary
Western Construction
Western Construction ; 25
1950
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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