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    World's tallest dam rises in Switzerland

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    Grand Dixence Dam will contain volume of 7,540,000 cu yd of concrete; dam, of concrete gravity type will be 922 ft high and will be built in three stages; aggregates will be stored after screening to size in steel hooped silos.

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    Grand Dixence Dam will contain volume of 7,540,000 cu yd of concrete; dam, of concrete gravity type will be 922 ft high and will be built in three stages; aggregates will be stored after screening to size in steel hooped silos.

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    Grand Dixence Dam will contain volume of 7,540,000 cu yd of concrete; dam, of concrete gravity type will be 922 ft high and will be built in three stages; aggregates will be stored after screening to size in steel hooped silos.

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    Title:

    World's tallest dam rises in Switzerland

    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec

    Contributors:

    Bowman, W.G. (author)

    Published in:

    Engineering News-Record ; 151

    Publication date:

    1953

    Type of media:

    Article (Journal)

    Type of material:

    Print

    Language:

    English

    Keywords:

    Dams, gravity

    © Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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