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Oroville Dam in usa

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Oroville Dam in usa

Postby old » 02 Aug 2017, 19:57

Not wood work but a 275 million dollar reconstruction of a spillway. its a long story lots on you tube, civil engineering but its a project and WIP.
http://www.disclosuremedia.net/oro/cams.php
https://pixel-ca-dwr.photoshelter.com/g ... t-Recovery
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphqjY ... ONVmY-0J7Q

I find it very interesting and look in every day .If you start from the large storms that caused the failures it will be a long read/view.November deadline working 20 hours with 2 shifts per day the hottest 4 hours not worked.
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Re: Oroville Dam in usa

Postby old » 24 Aug 2017, 18:49

timelapse each 24 hours is available
http://www.parks.ca.gov/live/lakeorovil ... _timelapse
for anyone still watching also note work force is at a 600 max at this time.
for gentle technical info:- https://www.youtube.com/user/camelliavideos/videos
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Postby kirkpoore1 » 29 Aug 2017, 05:21

Cool.

Of course, if they'd done the maintenance in the first place this would have been much smaller and cheaper...

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Postby old » 29 Aug 2017, 19:01

I am glad someone else finds this project interesting. It appears that lots of dams and other infrastructure is in a poor state being quite old .The oroville dam has to provide water at the correct flow rate and temperature as it supports salmon hatchery's and rice farming and also provides electricity, the canals and lakes down stream are also extensive and complex .
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Postby TrimTheKing » 29 Aug 2017, 22:58

After reading a bit of it, I really don't know what's going on, but I like the look of it :D

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Re: Oroville Dam in usa

Postby Andyp » 30 Aug 2017, 07:12

These large infrastructure projects do hold a fascination with me too. Anyone else watched the crossrail documentaries recently?
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Postby Rod » 30 Aug 2017, 10:13

Yes I did.
I worked on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (HS1) but sadly the Company I worked for were unsuccessful in their bid for Crossrail.

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Re: Oroville Dam in usa

Postby old » 16 Sep 2017, 19:31

"After reading a bit of it, I really don't know what's going on". This video report should help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQvL9be0gM
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