The storage of water for irrigation purposes
Subtitle: Earth-fill dams and hydraulic-fill dams
By: Samuel Fortier and F.L. Bixby
Contributors: Bixby, F. L.; United States. Office of Experiment Stations; United States. Department of Agriculture
Series: Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations -- no. 249, part 1; Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) -- no. 249, pt. 1.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1912
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Dams; Irrigation; Earth dams; Hydraulic engineering
Other titles: Earth-fill dams and hydraulic-fill dams
Notes: "Issued July 29, 1912."

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations.
Table of contents: title: Earth-fill dams; title: introduction. pp. 9.; title: Sources of water supply for reservoirs. pp. 10.; title: Selection of site. pp. 11.; title: Character of materials. pp. 13.; title: Foundations. pp. 18.; title: Embankments. pp. 21.; title: Dimensions of earthen dams. pp. 30.; title: Concrete and masonry core walls. pp. 32.; title: Outlets for reservoirs. pp. 36.; title: Slope protection. pp. 51.; title: Wasteways for reservoirs. pp. 55.; title: Small-lined reservoirs. pp. 60.; title: Hydraulic-fill dams; title: Introduction. pp. 67.; title: Materials suitable for hydraulic dam construction. pp. 69.; title: Equipment and construction methods. pp. 70.; title: The ordinary sluicingmethod illustrated in practice. pp. 74.; title: The basin method illustrated. pp. 91.; title: Hydraulic fill under adverse conditions. pp. 92.