Red Rock Dam, Des Moines River, Iowa, Remedial Grouting Stage 1 Foundation Report

Abstract

Red Rock Dam is located in Marion County. Iowa on the Des Moines River. The dam consists of a rolled earthfill embankment and a gravity concrete control section. The dam, at crest elevation of 797 feet above mean sea level, is about 5,200 feet long and 95 feet high above the flood plain. A compacted impervious cutoff trench to bedrock and a grout curtain in the rock are provided for underseepage control. A horizontal and inclined sand drain controls any through seepage. The purpose of this report is to describe the program of remedial grouting in the left abutment and rock underlying the earthen dam from Station 25+00 to 36+00 and to insure a permanent record of the foundation conditions encountered and methods employed to treat those conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271741

Entities

Organizations

  • Rock Island District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Dams
  • Embankments
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Plains
  • Geological Surveys
  • Groundwater
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Gages
  • Rock Drilling
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Hydraulic Engineering.