Adding Spillways Capacity to Existing Dams

Canadian Electrical Association, Spring Conference This short paper discusses the work required to build a new side channel, stoplog-controlled spillway at Gull Pond, Newfoundland; the advantages of "trigger" stoplog release mechanisms; the addition of spill capacity by means of an overflo...

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Main Author: Gordon, J.L
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto 1993
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/109585
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Summary:Canadian Electrical Association, Spring Conference This short paper discusses the work required to build a new side channel, stoplog-controlled spillway at Gull Pond, Newfoundland; the advantages of "trigger" stoplog release mechanisms; the addition of spill capacity by means of an overflow side channel concrete spillway at Bearspaw in Alberta; the complete rebuilding and enlargement of the crest spillway at the Ghost Dam, Alberta.