An Earth Fill Dam on Permafrost: Hess Creek Dam, Livengood, Alaska.

• Main Authors: Kitze,F. F., Simoni,O. W.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *PERMAFROST; DAMS; ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; REVETMENTS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; *COLD WEATHER CONSTRUCTION; Arctic; Hess; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0742216; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0742216

The Hess Creek Dam is a combination hydraulic fill and rolled earth fill structure containing about 479,000 cu yd of earth fill. A steel sheet pile cutoff wall runs along the base centerline. A 48-in.-diam metal pipe outlet with control gate was installed through the embankment at one end and a spil...