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Lightweight dam to pass heavyweight flows over new diffuser spillway
Concrete slab and buttress dam of Ambursen type, 45-ft high will create Houston's new 160,000-acre-ft reservoir on San Jacinto River, Tex; structure will spread out flood flows and diminish their erosive effect; crest of spillway has grill of large, reinforced concrete; tapered girders through which 320,000 cfs can pass to stilling pool; non overflow sections of dam are earthfill embankments.
Lightweight dam to pass heavyweight flows over new diffuser spillway
Concrete slab and buttress dam of Ambursen type, 45-ft high will create Houston's new 160,000-acre-ft reservoir on San Jacinto River, Tex; structure will spread out flood flows and diminish their erosive effect; crest of spillway has grill of large, reinforced concrete; tapered girders through which 320,000 cfs can pass to stilling pool; non overflow sections of dam are earthfill embankments.
Lightweight dam to pass heavyweight flows over new diffuser spillway
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 151
1953
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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