Grindstone Canyon
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Grindstone Canyon completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Boyle Engineering
Contractor: ASI Contractors
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Water Supply
Reservoir capacity: 2 m3x106
Height: 42 metres
Length: 432 metres
Volume of RCC: 88 m3x103
Total volume: 96 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 09/85 (September 1985)
Start of RCC: 05/86 (May 1986)
End of RCC: 07/86 (July 1986)
End of Project: 10/86 (October 1986)
Country: USA
River: Grindstone
DMS Co-ordinates: 33˚19'17.36"N, 105˚41'0.01"W
DD Co-ordinates: 33.321487, -105.683334
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 76 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 0 | No pozzolan used - |
