Four days ago, "Steve , Hilsboro Orygun" posted a link to metabunk : Link: https://www.metabunk.org/oroville-dam-spillway-failure.t8381/page-19 for which I thank him again. It was sitting at 31 pages this AM, and I've read most of em', over the last 3, here's a NEW compendium posted there, some really GREAT backround material, maps, drawings, vid clips, and met reports. Link: https://www.metabunk.org/oroville-dam-spillway-thread-quick-links.t8416/ The scale of all the emergency work completed, since Steve put this up is literally staggering, and deserves a hearty well done. I really hope that the rains and Spring thaw turn out to be "just right" and that no further excitement and stress befalls the folks below the Oroville Dam.
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Last edited by crossfireoops; 02/19/17.
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This is a NEAT vid clip,.....those of us who grew up around heavy equipment will get a trip down memory lane,...Cats wore sprightly yellow umbrellas, no ROPS or AC. Again, the sheer SCALE of this project is a wonder...... All in all, quite a show.
Then Governor, Ronald Reagan's evocative words at the dedication / opening are worth a listen, too. "...a major achievement of our time." Indeed.
Today, Oroville still stands as the tallest earth-fill dam in the United States and among the top 20 in the world. The job was considered the most highly automated of its kind in the 1960s, involving an astounding volume and variety of equipment, much of it specially designed. Aside from the traditional CAT equipment used on the job, Oman employed several of Buster's innovations including the Quad D9s, the Athey bottom-dumps and the tandem 631 compactor. BIG Magazine stated that, “if the material for the dam was moved by wheelbarrows, placed end-to-end, they would extend to the moon and back. More than 1.5 million RR cars made the trip from the tailing dump to the dam – enough to circle the globe at the equator, several times. The RR handled more than 300 million gross tons, more than several of the nation’s largest commercial railroads combined.” In other words, Oroville was, and still is, considered one of the construction marvels of the heavy construction industry.
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Last edited by crossfireoops; 02/19/17.
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Last reports from CDWR full of glowing confidence .
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Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
OK, how do you get 850 feet of water behind a 770 foot dam?
Some of the other stuff makes sense. Needing a load on generators, clear outflow area. And we don't need to tell every trouble maker where the backup gens are
I suppose the lake is closed to boating right now!
Those are some hell for stout and well designed gear reduction setups, lifting and lowering (on an arc I believe). Was studying em over on some of the historic photos on That other sight.
Can't see for the life of me what the problem would be, supplying em' with power from big diesel APUs. I'm pretty sure I saw some perched right up there close by, a part of the installation from the get go.
That fella' is indeed a schidt stirrer,...better no news than slanted and panic based guff.
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Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Sad thing is Oroville was a great dam for its time. Proper maintenance and upkeep--it would not be in the news.
They used mining tailings (a ecological mess) and cleaned up a problem.
My family had reunions in the area (a town called Paradise just down the road) for decades.
A great state turned into a dump by self absorbed atheists/socialists/materialists
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