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Jan 1953
Dams, Then and Now
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 118, Issue 2
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Confining itself largely to the period since 1900, this paper considers the evolution of larger dams exclusively from the standpoint of a major builder, the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior. Designs of gravity, arch, and earth dams have progressed as a result of the dictates of experience in such items as compaction, riprap, aggregates, grouting, cutoffs, artificial cooling, cement economy, and air entrainment. In step with these advances, specifications have developed and improved, in accuracy and detail. The whole record of the Bureau comprises in effect a resume of general trends in this important engineering field.
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Published in print: Jan 1953
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K. B. Keener, M.ASCE
Chf. Designing Engr., Bureau of Reclamation, Denver; Colo
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