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River: Cuchillo Negro

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Name	Country	Purpose	River	Construction dates				Dimensions		Volume		Facings						Placement		Cementitious material
				Start		Finish		Height	Length	RCC	Total	Upstream		Downstream		Spillway		Layers	Lifts	Cement	Pozzolan
				Project	RCC	RCC	Project	(m)	(m)	(m³x10³)	(m³x10³)	Slope	Type	Slope	Type	Slope	Type	(m)	(m)	(kg/m³)	(kg/m³)
Cuchillo Negro	USA	F	Cuchillo Negro	10/89	03/90	05/91	07/91	50	186	75	82	V	(7)	0.90	(17)	separate		300	300	77	59	(F)

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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the list below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

Cuchillo Negro

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Details

Country: USA

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Cuchillo Negro

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 10/89

Start of RCC: 10/89

End of RCC: 05/91

End of Project: 07/91

Specifications

Height: 50 metres

Length: 186 metres

Volume of RCC: 75 m³x10³

Total volume: 82 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.90	Unformed face of RCC

Spillway

Slope	Type
separate

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
77

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
59	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)