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Building the Guernsey irrigation and power dam
Semi-hydraulic method of construction adopted for gravel-fill dam built on permeable river bottom; material dumped from trestles was sluiced into place; design and construction of dam on North Platt River in Wyoming for control and conservation of river, which supplies Federal irrigation project, comprising 237,000 acres of irrigated land in Wyoming and Nebraska; power penstock; concrete power house provides for two 3400-hp. turbines direct connected to 3000-kva. generators.
Building the Guernsey irrigation and power dam
Semi-hydraulic method of construction adopted for gravel-fill dam built on permeable river bottom; material dumped from trestles was sluiced into place; design and construction of dam on North Platt River in Wyoming for control and conservation of river, which supplies Federal irrigation project, comprising 237,000 acres of irrigated land in Wyoming and Nebraska; power penstock; concrete power house provides for two 3400-hp. turbines direct connected to 3000-kva. generators.
Building the Guernsey irrigation and power dam
Eng. News-Rec
Smith, F.F. (author)
Engineering News Record ; 100
1928
5 pages
7 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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