Length at crown 636 ft.
Length at base crossing ravine 50 to 100 “
Height to top of crown (El. 1,258.) 120 “
“ at ends above bedrock 117 “
“ at up-stream toe 100 “
“ at down-stream toe 123 “
Effective head 115 “
Width at crown 20 “
Width at base 620 “
Slopes, 2½ on 1 with rock-fill 3 to 1.
Excavation for foundations 40,000 cu. yds.
Refill by company 40,000 “
Embankment built by contractor 330,350 “
Total volume of dam 370,350 “
Total weight 664,778 tons.
Length of wasteway (width) 48 ft.
Depth of spillway sill below crown 10 “
Depth of spillway sill below ends 7 “
Height of stop-planks in wasteway 2 “
Maximum depth of water in reservoir 92 “
Area to be faced with stone 1,933 sq. yds.
RESERVOIR.
Catchment area (approximate) 2 sq. miles.
Area of water surface 36.75 acres.
Silt storage capacity below outlet tunnel 1,091,470 cu. ft.
Available water storage capacity 46,612,405 “
Elevation of outlet tunnel 1,180 ft.
“ “ high-water surface 1,250 “
“ “ crown of dam 1,258 “
Fig. 13 is a view of the finished dam, taken immediately after
completion.
CHAPTER V.
_Different Types of Earth Dams._
There are several types of earth dams, which may be described as
follows:
1. Homogeneous earth dams, either with or without a puddle
trench.
2. Earth dams with a puddle core or puddle face.
3. Earth dams with a core wall of brick, rubble or concrete
masonry.
4. New types, composite structures.
5. Rock-fill dams with earth inner slope.
6. Hydraulic-fill dams of earth and gravel.
The writer proposes to give an example of each type, with such remarks
upon their distinctive features and relative merits as he thinks may be
instructive.
Earth Dams with Puddle Core Wall or Face.
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