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Meldahl locks and dam on Ohio river
Corps of Engineers project is founded on rock under varying depth of sand and gravel; driving of 64 ft diam sheetpile cells for cofferdams was done by several sizes and types of steam hammers; curled and bent sheets were extracted with British extractor; dredges were used to fill cells and supply stabilizing fill; concrete comes from fully automatic batch plants at site; 12 31×100-ft steel tainter gates pass river flow; concrete dam will form 95 mi reservoir.
Meldahl locks and dam on Ohio river
Corps of Engineers project is founded on rock under varying depth of sand and gravel; driving of 64 ft diam sheetpile cells for cofferdams was done by several sizes and types of steam hammers; curled and bent sheets were extracted with British extractor; dredges were used to fill cells and supply stabilizing fill; concrete comes from fully automatic batch plants at site; 12 31×100-ft steel tainter gates pass river flow; concrete dam will form 95 mi reservoir.
Meldahl locks and dam on Ohio river
Civ Eng (NY)
McCraw, Jr., W.F. (author)
1963
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Navigation Model Studies of New Ohio River Locks
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