Development of a 10 MW facility-Part 3; Tunnel liner design and construction

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA)

OSTI ID:6738595

Barton, D J; Rizzo, P C; Musacchio, J M ^[1]

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1. Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)

The Yough hydro project is on the east abutment of the Youghiogheny River Lake Dam located on the Youghiogheny River in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This paper reports on the design and construction of the project. The dam, built in the 1940s, is owned by the federal government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, as a flood control and low-flow augmentation project. The Yough hydro project will utilize flows which are discharged through the outlet works of the dam in accordance with the current reservoir operating procedures; consequently, the project is run-of-river. The outlet works for the existing dam consist of a 18-foot diameter, 1,800-foot long, concrete-lined (18 inches thick) and steel ribbed (8WF27) tunnel. The tunnel discharge is controlled by three vertical lift gates located near the midpoint of the tunnel. The plan and profile of the existing project are shown.

• OSTI ID: 6738595
• Report Number(s): CONF-890425--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (USA) Journal Volume: 51
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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