...B WHITTERON WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING RIVERS DEVELOPMENT INTAKES PUMPING INSTALLATIONS SEDIMENTATION FILTERS TANKS BAGHDAD RIVER TIGRIS IRAQ MIDDLE EAST © 1950 Thomas Telford Ltd 1950 94 WHITTERON ON THE BAGHDAD WATER-SUPPLY : Paper No. 5755...

...W J BERRY Synopsis. Works for the intake of water from rivers in India for waterworks, power stations, and textile factories have to be designed to cope with the extreme variations in the flow conditions in such rivers; in fact, during the dry season it is often exceedingly difficult to obtain...

... generatingstation, and include :- (l) The preliminary excavation of the main site to water-level and the enclosing of the area with steelsheet-piling ; (2) The construction of the retaining walls and raft ; (3) The intake-and discharge-tunnels, withtheir accompanying chambers, of the circulating-water system...

...J L SAVAGE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1937 UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DAMS HISTORY PLANT EQUIPMENT AGGREGATES MIXING PROJECTS DIVERSION TUNNELS SPILLWAYS INTAKES TOWERS PENSTOCKS OUTLETS CONDUITS POWER PROJECTS POWER STATIONS PLACING INVERTS CONCRETE...

... beach was made circular and was formed in cast-iron segments ; it was t,hen lined with concrete. A control gate capable of withstanding pressure in either direction was installed at the tunnel intakefor use in emergency. Grooves for stop-logs were provided a t both the intake and the tunnel outfall...