Paxton
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Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Haldane Kleyn & Associates
Contractor: Owner with farm labour
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Irrigation
Reservoir capacity: 1 m3x106
Height: 17 metres
Length: 70 metres
Volume of RCC: 3 m3x103
Total volume: 3 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: —/90 (— 1990)
Start of RCC: 01/91 (January 1991)
End of RCC: 12/92 (December 1992)
End of Project: —/92 (— 1992)
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against formwork |
| 0.50 |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.50 | RCC against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 150 | 150 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 70 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 100 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |
