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<br />"-' <br />r:) <br />fo. <br /> <br />constant-speed tJ~e, electric motor; a complete machine shop; and <br />a control room from ......h1ch dl versions thr:.Ju.gh the Alva B. Adams <br />Turmel and relf:1fises from Shado...... Mountain La.lce call bu remotely <br />controlled. The pUI:J.pS have a rated capacity of [WeTly one-half <br />million gallons per minute for a maximum p\..lInping 11ft of 186 feet. <br />The pump intakes consls~ of three reinforced-concr~te conduits, <br />7.25 feet in diameter and 526 feet in Itjngth, leading from an in- <br />let trashrack str~cture in the reservoir. <br /> <br />C) <br />.- <br /> <br />The pumps discharge into three 57-inch concrete-encased <br />steel pipes that canv8rge into a covered concrete conduit, II <br />feet in dlame:ter and 3,220 faut in length, -which discharg<:"ls into <br />the pump canal. Three 12 to 50-ton traveling cranes, located ut <br />different levels 1n the pumping plunt, provld0 for tht': installa- <br />tion and maintenance of plant equipment tl~ough grill-cover~d <br />openings in intermBdiate floor l~vels. An elevator provides <br />acc~ss to the seven different floor levels in the plant. <br /> <br /> <br />Granby Pump Canal. <br /> <br />Granby Pump Canal. storts at the pumpillB plant discharoe <br />conduit and extends 2.2 miles north to ShOOO'\.. l-1ountaln Lake. The <br />canal has a 20-foot base width, 2:1 side-slopes, a eradlent of <br />0.75 feet per mile, and a capacity of l~lOO efs for a water depth <br />of 10.5 feet. Construction of the canal required approximately <br />836,000 cubic yards of excavation. At the canal outlet, a gate <br />structure with t~G 12-foot by 12-fuot radial gates controls the <br /> <br />13 <br />