National Dam Inspection Program. NDS I.D. Number PA-00174. DER I.D. Number 64-174. Delaware River Basin, Greene Dreher Dam, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report.
Abstract
Greene-Dreher Dam is a 20-foot high earthern embankment, 1,000 feet long which impounds a 152 acre-foot flood water retention pool. Total estimated volume of fill is approximately 30,000 cubic yards. The zoned embankment was constructed on natural soils without a cutoff trench or a grout curtain. The embankment contains three material zones; Zone 1, a relatively impervious core of silt and and silty sand; Zone 2, composed of silty gravel and silty sand; and an outer shell of Zone 3 material, described as rock larger than 6 inches in diameter. The embankment crest is 12 feet wide at a design settled elevation of 2,036 feet, and both upstream and downstream slopes are 3H:1V. The downstream section of the embankment contains a filter blanket approximately 2 feet thick, 30 feet wide and 320 feet long. The filter blanket is drained by a 6-inch diameter perforated corrugated metal pipe connected to a 6-inch diameter pipe which outlets adjacent to the principal spillway outlet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072798