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Technical Manual: Conduits through Embankment Dams (FEMA 484)

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<strong>Conduits</strong> <strong>through</strong> <strong>Embankment</strong> <strong>Dams</strong>Project name: Ridgway DamLocation: ColoradoSummary: Grouting of cracks in an existing outlet works conduitRidgway Dam is a zoned earthfill embankment across the Uncompahgre River inOuray County near Montrose, Colorado. The embankment dam has a maximumheight of 335 feet above the streambed, and a crest length of approximately2,460 feet. The river outlet works is located near the right abutment of theembankment dam and crosses the dam axis at station 11+69.07. Most of the outletworks was constructed under a Stage I contract during 1980 and 1981. Thecompleted outlet works consists of a 50-foot long, 9-foot diameter diversion conduit,a drop inlet intake structure with a concrete plug, a 500-foot long, 9-foot diameterupstream conduit, a gate chamber with a 5- by 6-foot high pressure guard gate,64-inch square regulating gates, a control house and equipment, and hydraulic jumpstilling basin. The spillway consists of a gloryhole intake exiting into a 6.5-footdiameter conduit located on a shelf on the left abutment of the dam. The conduitexits into an open chute and then into a Type II hydraulic jump stilling basin. FigureB-65 shows an aerial view of Ridgway Dam.B-84Figure B-65.—Aerial view of Ridgway Dam, Colorado.

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