Wriggleswade
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Wriggleswade completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Department of Water Affairs & Forestry
Contractor: Savage and Lovemore (East Cape) Pty Ltd
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Water Supply
Reservoir capacity: 94 m3x106
Height: 34 metres
Length: 737 metres
Volume of RCC: 134 m3x103
Total volume: 165 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 07/88 (July 1988)
Start of RCC: 07/89 (July 1989)
End of RCC: 07/90 (July 1990)
End of Project: 12/90 (December 1990)
Country: South Africa
River: Kubusie
DMS Co-ordinates: 32˚34'42.24"S, 27˚33'33.37"E
DD Co-ordinates: -32.5784, 27.559269
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
| 0.62 |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.62 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 250 | 250 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 44 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 66 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |
