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<br />TABLE 14
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<br />PARKER DAM
<br />The U. S. Bureau (If Reclamation issued specifications 574 covering this work and
<br />Iuds ",ere received by the Bureau at Loo; Angeles, July 26, 193~. Construction was olli.
<br />cl::dl} cOnlpleled August 31, 1938 by the j, F. Shea Co" Inc., sllhcontr:Jctur fur Six
<br />COml'illlleS, Inc. SlOra(;e of water Legan Ocloher 1h, ll)?'R.
<br />RESERVOIR
<br />Area of w[lter surface mm....__m
<br />Capacity ............._...__nm........mm......
<br />Maximum ele\'alion water surface
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<br />25,000 acre,;;
<br />717,Onn (lcre f~{'t
<br />450 feel
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<br />EXCA V ATlON QUANTITIES
<br />Dnm nnd eoff~rdams __
<br />Diversion works-approach ClltS m .............mn.. .........m..
<br />-tunnels ...___m__ ..m__n__...__mm.__nn
<br />F(lr~!Ja}' anti ~luice tunnel mm..m ...........nmmnnnn ...m..mmm
<br />Power plant n..m.. ......m...__...
<br />Hllilds .mm.. ....n__..m....
<br />Rcmov.ll of cufferdams ...
<br />CONCRETE QUANTITIES
<br />Dam ....__000000__....
<br />Furebay structures mnm
<br />Di\'ersion works-tunnel linjn~ .____
<br />-tunnel plugs .__....
<br />Power house substructure __00
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<br />1,757,724 cy
<br />107,779 cv
<br />118,918 c'y
<br />207,787 c}'
<br />hl,fVl4 C)'
<br />68,050 cr
<br />203,514 cy
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<br />290.751 ey
<br />5,fiOO c}'
<br />19,505 cy
<br />~,98+ C}"
<br />15,713 cy
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<br />DAM
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<br />Length, at roadway level 00 ......
<br />Height, lowest foundation to roadway level
<br />Elevation, spillway crest . .............m.m..m.__m_m.m__..
<br />Ele\'atioll, top of stoney g3tes on
<br />Thickness, at spillway lip .......
<br />Thickness, maximum base ....m.. ..........mnmnn mnnmm"n
<br />Radius, upstream face.. mm____mn ..................m..
<br />Hndius, duwnstream filee _
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<br />DIVERSION TUNNELS
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<br />Length, wesl, No. I . .................... .............__m...
<br />Length, east, No.2 _... ..m.....__n__mn"n ...............mn ...................__._mmm
<br />Section, horseshoe, 29 fl-'et ill!'idc of lining.
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<br />800 {eel
<br />320 feet
<br />,100 feet
<br />450 feet
<br />SOlI:: feel
<br />100 feet
<br />315 feet
<br />variable
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<br />1,759 feet
<br />1,70~ feet
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<br />COFFERDAMS
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<br />Elevation, top of urper _
<br />Ele\'otioll, lOp of lower mm.....
<br />Earthfill and riprap ............
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<br />437 feet
<br />400 feet
<br />468,054 cy
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<br />of the dam and appurtenant works. The construction cost to the
<br />District on June 30, 1940 was $7,298,026.83. The actual cost is
<br />reduced by a P, W,A, grant of $500,000.00, to a net cost of
<br />$6,798,026,83,
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<br />Pa-rkcr Power Plant
<br />The construction of Parker dam not only provided a clear reser-
<br />voir from which to divert water into the aqueduct and reduced
<br />the pump lift by 72 feet, it also created a head of the same amount
<br />and made possible the development of 100,000 kilowatts of hydro-
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