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Jan 1925
Sherman Island Dam and Power-House
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Volume 88, Issue 1
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This paper describes the design and construction of the Sherman Island Dam and Power-House on the Hudson River, about 8½ miles west of Glens Falls, N. Y. The development, built in 1921-23, is an hydro-electric plant with an ultimate capacity of 50 000 h.p. under a normal head of 66 ft. There are four 10 000-h.p. generating units now in operation; when additional regulation of the river is provided, the fifth unit will be installed.
The dam is 80 ft. 9 in. high and has a total length including the spillway and head-works of 2 069 ft. The lower half of the up-stream face is on a slope of 5 on 12, to take advantage of the weight of water on the dam in increasing the resistance to sliding.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 88 • Issue 1 • January 1925
Pages: 1257 - 1292
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© 1925 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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H. de B. Parsons, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr: ; Prof. Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., N ew York, N. Y.
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