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Jan 1951
Correction of Reservoir Leakage at Great Falls Dam
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 116, Issue 1
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Leakage of more than 450 cu ft per sec from the Great Falls Reservoir (in White and Warren counties in Tennessee on the Caney Fork River, a tributary of the Cumberland River), acquired by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from a private utility company in 1939, was reduced 98% by injecting hot asphalt and cement into holes drilled to intercept the water-bearing rock fissures. A total of 608 holes was drilled and grouted along a cutoff line almost a mile long.
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© 1951 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1951
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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A. H. Weber, AM.ASCE
Constr. Engr., TVA, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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