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This article describes how a team of divers lived inside a compression chamber for four weeks at a time and worked underwater to repair Denver (Colorado) Water's 105‐year‐old Cheesman Dam. Crews have begun work on a two‐year, $18.3‐million project to upgrade the dam's outlet works valve system, which was installed when the dam was built in 1905, and set up new underwater trash racks to prevent debris from clogging the valves. Crews are also installing new upstream control slide gates and a control building and are updating the dam's electrical systems. Four divers lived in a compression chamber attached to the working barge for 30‐day intervals, where they took turns working in pairs underwater (at depths up to 215 feet). One pair worked while the other pair slept, ate, and recovered for the next shift.
This article describes how a team of divers lived inside a compression chamber for four weeks at a time and worked underwater to repair Denver (Colorado) Water's 105‐year‐old Cheesman Dam. Crews have begun work on a two‐year, $18.3‐million project to upgrade the dam's outlet works valve system, which was installed when the dam was built in 1905, and set up new underwater trash racks to prevent debris from clogging the valves. Crews are also installing new upstream control slide gates and a control building and are updating the dam's electrical systems. Four divers lived in a compression chamber attached to the working barge for 30‐day intervals, where they took turns working in pairs underwater (at depths up to 215 feet). One pair worked while the other pair slept, ate, and recovered for the next shift.
Divers Go Deep for Denver Water Dam Upgrades
Baker, Ann (author)
Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 102 ; 30-31
2010-12-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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