Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
PAGE Fig. 1. Longitudinal Section of Yarrow Dam Site 10 2. Cross-Section of the Yarrow Dam 10 3. Plan of the Tabeaud Reservoir 17 4. Tabeaud Dam: Plan Showing Bed Rock Drains 18 5. Details of Drains 18 6. View of Drains 19 7. North Trench 20 8. South Trench 21 9. Main Central...
PAGE Fig. 1. Longitudinal Section of Yarrow Dam Site 10 2. Cross-Section of the Yarrow Dam 10 3. Plan of the Tabeaud Reservoir 17 4. Tabeaud Dam: Plan Showing Bed Rock Drains 18...
2. CHAPTER I.The earth dam is probably the oldest type of dam in existence, antedating the Christian Era many hundreds of years. The literature upon this subject is voluminous, but much of i...
3. CHAPTER II.The preliminary studies and investigations which should be made prior to the construction of any dam for the storage of water have to do with (1) the Catchment Area, (2) the Res...
4. CHAPTER III.The following study of soils is merely suggestive and is here given to emphasize the importance of the subject, at the risk of being considered a digression. Soil formations are...
5. CHAPTER IV.The Tabeaud Dam, in Amador County, Cal., built under the supervision of the author for the Standard Electric Co., is an example of the homogeneous earth dam. A somewhat fuller d...
6. CHAPTER V.YARROW DAM.–The Yarrow dam of the Liverpool Water-Works is a notable example of the second type, (a section of which is shown in Fig. 2.) An excavation 97 ft. in depth was made...
7. CHAPTER VI.An engineer must be guided by local conditions and the resources at his command in building reservoir embankments. His design must be largely affected by the nature of the mater...