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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1946
Date: 1946
File Name: WREG02705.pdf Date Transcribed: January 2021 Editors: T. Barker
Transcription Platform: Microsoft Word BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION Diary 1946 Calendar for 1944 Jan 3 1946 1 hr on Capilano Jan 5 1946
One hour on Capilano. REG Jan 13 1946 6 hr on Capilano. REG January 16 3 hr on Capilano REG 1-17-46 January 17 2 hr on Capilano. REG 1-17-46 August 1 Mileage 79072 Brush 8:45 5 gal 79156 Julesburg 11:00 5” “ 79250 N Platte 8 gal gas 1 qt oil 79342 Lesson at Platte 13:00 cent time
Diner $2.25 August 2 St Paul 8.1 gal. $2.10 79501 August 3 2 hr on Capilano site REG 8-3-45 August 4
2 hr on Capilano site. REG August 5
Got 5 gal gas in Ord. Mileage 79558 - 8:00 Kearney 79663 5 gal $1.35 N Platte 79758 5 gal $1.43 Ogallala 79810 5 gal $1.43 Sterling 79900 5 gal $1.43 Denver 800025 8 gal $2.20 August 6 [Math equations] August 19
2 hr on Capilano dam. REG Sept 4 1945 September 3
1 hr on Capilano September 4
Bill for August work presented. REG
$33.52 for 6 hrs at (2)(2.7933) = 5.5866 per hour. (Base 5810) for a 2080 year. Above is twice base rate. September 5
1 hr on Capilano September 6 [math work] September 7
8 1/10 gal. gas full at 62170 5 gal gas $1.20 62284
September 8
9.3 Gal gas $2.14 Gering 1 gal oil 20 $0.30 Miles 62394
Left 8:30-2 3/10 gal at alliance 62448 54 cents 3 9/10 gals 87 cents at 6250 Hyannis Lynch 70 gas BB 1:12 September 9 4 ½ gal gas $1.02 Star drill $0.45 Lumber $0.85 Hardware $0.70 $2.00 September 10 Capilano 1 hour REG 62695 left at 6:30 September 11 Left 900 62713
2 gal $1.12 at [illegible] 9 1/10 gal Mullen 2.00
62868 lunch 75 cents [illegible] 90 cents 5 gal oil 1.02 4 ½ gas
1:00 63019 September 12
Hotel 2:00 Food 55 [cents] 683182 8:30 6 gal gas 1.38 Cheyenne 63143 Denver 63260 7.2 gal to fill 63261 $4.40 Denver September 15 [mathematical work] 19.4 miles per gallon September 17
September 18
One hour on Capilano REG 9-19-45 September 19
One hour on Capilano dam. REG 9-20-45 September 21
One hour on Capilano REG Sept 22 1945 September 22
About 40 minutes on Capilano REG (not charged REG Oct 2 1945) September 25
One hour on Capilano. REG Sept 26 1945 October 9
1 ½ hours on Capilano REG Oct 11
2 hr on Capilano REG October 20
2 hr on Capilano REG Nov 2 1945
Discussed seepage computation with Mr Savage and John Hammond. REG 11-2-45 November 3
5 hr on Capilano (sat) REG December 2 2 hr on Capilano REG December 16 2 hr on Capilano REG December 21 1 hour on Capilano 1946 Pocket Notes Memo Book Friday Mar 15 1946
Stewart Mtn dam. 10” dia. Holes. Two vertical on thrust blocks - one on each, drill for 2 weeks (4 holes). 6” dia holes. One along horizontal crack in power plant. Nine along upstream fret (one in each blocks e d e f g h i j k drilled horizontally. Two in [illegible] abutment, one upstream and one downstream at present water level 8’ deep. Two in each abut at water level.
Nine along at upstream freq. at spillway current level. 14 holes in all. WS in steer at Mtn 3-15-45 1449.25. RE Glover
Elastic Theory and Analysis by WH Howe and PM Lewis of Stewart Mountain Dam as designed by FJ O’Hara and RG Baker Salt River Project Arizona March 1927.
*Arch barrel analyzed at three points I.E. elevations 1509, 1472 and 1435 Dam as designed is safe
In compression (maximum 689 lbs per square inch) Sufficient steel must be placed in upstream Soer to take care of tension) (this is a multiple arch design)
Computations signed by PM Lewis July 14 1949 gives 650 lbs/in squared max [illegible] sliding factor 0.78 trial load method. Tension 3 [illegible] 100 feet of arch counted in with the abutment. McHenry says there are copies of this report in the Denver office in Eng. Files. REG
[diagram of dam] Horse Mesa Dam Mar 17 1946 Sunday
Operators Butler and Bartee
3 units GE 10000 KW at 0.9 PF 11100 KVA continuous at 60 degrees Rise. 300 RPM 25 cycles purse. No draft tube surge trouble. There is a little osculation of the gage of first and second units. Gates were set at 0.9
Oro Grande (present) low alkali
Victor “ “
El Toro (Texas) “ “
Monolith (Calif) high alk. Riverside (Calif) moderate Colton (Calif) “
Stewart Mtn Colton and Riverside Horse Mesa Riverside-Oro Grande Mormon Slat El Toro
Stewart Mtn reconstruction Coolidge (El Toro Riverside Colton) Keys were obtained from Mr Lancaster. WC Telford at plant.
Box 231 Mesa.
Mormon Flat Generator
8750 KUA 214 RPM
11000 Volt Exc V 250
460 Amp Westinghouse
80% PF Kingsbury Thrust 3 phase Direct Com Exc. 25 cycles
Vibrations are too rapid to be caused by bent shaft. Has trouble with draft tube surge. Has two
frequencies which make determination of penult difficult. Only one small diagonal crack in downstream face of dam.
Says vibrations cease when he cuts the generator field. REG 3-18-46 Roosevelt Dam.
Packard in powerplant. Two crack across top of dam. One about ¼” wide and one about 1/16” wide. A few other hair cracks are present. Stone appears to be in good condition. REG
Mar 18, 1946
Mormon flat power house floor 1550.00 elev.
Parker 0 0 Salome 52 Hope 7 Aquila 27 Congress 25 Prescott 43 154 Flagstaff 93 Holbrook 92 Gallup 96 Albuquerque 135 416 570 Santa Fe 62 Raton 181 Trinidad 24 Walsenberg 38 Pueblo 51 Colo Springs 44 Denver 70 470 1040
Stewart Mtn. comes up about 2 ft per day. High water surface about 1524. Top of gates 1529. Spillway [illegible] 1506
Tuesday Mar 19 1946
Drove to Parker Dam, California with McHenry in Govt Car 11337. Met McWilliams, Parmentier and Dale. Little was here from Boulder also. Conference in the morning with Tom Neiswander, Band Larson and Lawson. Neiswander and Elias Ryland are to go Thursday with a surveyor to Stewart Mtn dam to plan survey of upstream movement. Larson is to provide surveyor. Lawson is anxious to drill levels At 1452 elev on Stewart Mtn dam plugged with concrete so waterways be raised on reservoir. [Diagram of copper basin dam]
[Diagram of Gene wash dam] Gene wash dam Mar 20 1946 Stringfellow, McHenry, Glover
On the downstream face of this dam there is a crack at each lift line on the top twelve lifts. These are about five foot lifts. There are four vertical cracks at the block lines. These run down about five lifts. The widest one is near the ladder and was partly obscured by ladder when it was being traced by an 8x glass. There is a very narrow crack at the junction of the arches and the thrust block. It runs down about three lifts from the waterway level. There are crazing cracks near the middle of the dam.
Gene wash, Mar 20 1946
Near the abutments these cracks tend to follow the abutment slope but they do not cross the horizontal list lines. REG
.05 cycle per see for intake plant 9000 HP Gene No 3 0.20 cycle per see.
Voltage drops to 6400 to 6600 from 6900 volts. No 1 at Hayfield 0.18 cycle per drop.
Russel operator Peavey operator Walsh Engineer Mar 20 1946
Went to Parker power house after supper with McHenry. Saw cracked concrete on piers and railings on top of dam. Went into power plant. Curtis and Parsons on duty. Apparently does not have troubles with draft tube surge but does have [illegible] trouble at certain part gates. Mr McWilliams says they can carry about 104000 KW at Parker now. Call from Ryland says first cores are ready for shipment. Mar 21 1946
Went to Parker Power house with McHenry and Palmeter to see cracking in walls and floors. Went on top of dam to see alkali reaction effect in concrete. Saw Bonawits and Fluk in morning about difficulties of supporting scroll [illegible]. They had trouble due to twisting the support column with the jacks. They could not control the speed [illegible] on the large and bottom world stay OK but top would sag. Thinks tings would be better [illegible]
Horizontal girder. They added supports welded to scroll in all four cases at Parker. Mr Fluk did the setting and control of jacking.
Speedometer when leaving 31034. Parker dam. Engineer McWilliams, Strekeyer, Moore. Spent night at the Landia master camp in Albuquerque (5.00) Mar 22 1946
Arrived in Denver at 6:00 PM Mar 23 1946. Speedometer 32088 32088 - 29350 = Trip 2738
