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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1936
Date: 1936
File Name: WREG02605.pdf Date Transcribed: February 2021 Editors: T. Barker
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1936 Calendar 1936
The Excelsior Diary 1936 No. x703 E424/34
National Blank Book Company Holyoke, Mass.
Made in U.S.A. Things to Remember Name: Robert E. Glover Residence: 1954 So Lincoln Tel. No. (Home): Pe 8757
Automobile Driver’s License No.: 1-24698 Wed. 1 April
Worked on Friant Dam temp control. April 1936
Thurs. 2
Adkins absent this AM. Absent PM also.
Worked on Friant Dam temp control. Fri. 3
Sat. 4
On annual leave April 1936 Fri. 10
Conference with Sewage on Friant Sat. 11
Still working on Friant dam. April 1936
Mon. 13
Hegner & Palmer came over to assess with computations on Friant dam. Tues. 14
Hegner sick 2 - Merchant Autos drought up by Evans Wed. 15
Merchant 8 [illegible] machine [illegible] by Evans. April 1936
Thurs. 16
Hegner tunnel in cards for sick leave for 14 & 15th. Working on Friant. April 1936
Mon. 20 Palmer out today. Friant dam. April 1936
Fri. 24
Worked on Friant dam. April 1936
Sun. 26
Mon. 27
Annual leave all day. Tues. 28 Friant AM Leave PM Wed. 29 Friant AM Leave PM April 1936 Thurs. 30
Sent article on trial last method out today. to CL offr. May 1936
Mon. 4
Merchant calculator taken away today. Attach on heat control May 1936
Fri. 8
Started work on Surge tanks for Owyhee pumping plants. Sat. 9
Saw Thurs today. May 1936 Mon. 11
Morris and Anderson came over this morning. Tues. 12
Worked on surge tanks for Owyhee pumping plants Wed. 13
Worked on article on temp control May 1936
Fri. 15
Finished memo on surge tanks for Payette and Oregon slope plant (Owyhee project) at noon. May 1936
Wed. 20
Suggested double stiffener ring with [illegible] welded to rings, pipe shelf and sole plate for support of pipe. New River Siphon. Black
May 1936 Thurs. 21
Consolidated with Hank and Dr. Porabtz. New river Siphon. Fri. 22
Earth dams. May 1936 Thurs. 28
Anderson left today account death in family Worked on calibration of Baneder gates. Fri. 29
Worked on earth dams Sat. 30 Holiday Mon. 1 June Leave 6/1/36 to 6/13/36 incl June 1936 Sat. 13 Leave ends June 1936 Mon. 15
Tues. 16 Earth dams Wed. 17
Computation for Saylor on flexible tie for suspended ledge span. Job 212-4-30 June 1936
Thurs. 18
Temperature stress comp for G Weiss. Andy Weiss here today. Fri. 19
Earth dams Sat. 20
Boulder canyon final report on cooling. June 1936
Mon. 22
Boulder cooling report. June 1936 Thurs. 25 Temp article Fri 26 Earth dams. Sat. 27 Earth dams. June 1936 Mon. 29
Boulder cooling report. Tues. 30
July 1936 Mon. 6 Cooling report. Tues. 7 On leave after 9 AM July 1936 Sat 11
Boulder cooling report. July 1936
Mon. 13
Harvey here today Friant dam Tues. 14
Friant dam Wed. 15
Friant dam balanced valve freezing process Grand Coulee July 1936
Thurs. 16
Freezing braces for Grand Coulee. Bal valves for Boulder. July 1936
Mon. 20
Returned notes on prestressing and testing Boulder penstocks to Knutson. Boulder B&I valves. July 1936
Thurs. 23
Finished comp on Boulder bal valves (30000 lb/in2)
August 1936 Sat. 8
Leave. August 1936 Mon. 10
Hear flow to conduits on Friant. Tues. 25
Heat flow from conduits on Friant. Tom Harper finished water hammer study for Boulder. Wed. 26
Cavallo Dam. Thurs. 27
Water-hammer and speed regulator - studies Boulder. Mon. 31
Water-hammer out speed regulation studies Boulder. Tues. 1 September
Water-hammer and regulation studies Wed. 2
On leave all day September 1936 Sat. 5
Dr. MacGiffert of Ramsellar visited today. September 1936
Wed. 9
Completed examples for Boulder cooling report today. Morrisey called today. September 1936
Fri. 18
On sick leave all day. September 1936
Mon. 28
Interviewed Dr Heiland today. October 1936 Thurs. 1 Caballo Dam. Sat. 3 On leave this AM October 1936 Mon. 5
Sent letters to 3 inst companies today (Grand Coulee). Journey began work today Tues. 6
Caballo dam. Wed. 7
Water-hammer studies to fix rate of gate nation. October 1936
Sat. 10
Letter on rate of gate meters out to Boulder city (went out Monday [illegible]) October 1936
Mon. 12
Delivered lecture on fundamentals of trial load method to local section of the ASCE Wed. 14
Cooling repairs Boulder. October 1936
Fri. 23
Boulder cooling report. Sat. 24
October 1936 Fri. 30
Deer Creek No 2 Flow into cutoff tread. November 1936
Tues. 3
Deer Creek No 2 Provo River comp completed. New river syphon. November 1936
Fri. 6
Vibrations of Grand Coulee dam November 1936
Tues. 10
Oscillograph design for measurement end of vibration Grand Coulee dam design. November 1936
Fri. 20
Grand Coulee vibration studies November 1936 Thurs. 26 Thanksgiving day Fri. 27 Manual on dams. Sat. 28 Manual on dams. November 1936 Mon. 30
Tues. 1 December On leave.
Wed. 2
Bartlett dam. Secondary stressed. December 1936
Thurs. 3
Chapter on analysis of arch dams, for manual on dams completed in draft form today. Sat. 5 On leave ½ day December 1936 Wed. 9 Manual on dams. Thurs. 10
On leave all day December 1936 Mon. 21
Freezing of granby canal. Tues. 22
Cooling repairs Boulder. December 1936 Thurs. 24 Half Holiday Fri. 25 Christmas day Sat. 26 Half Holiday. December 1936
Mon. 28
Granby pump canal. Tues. 29 Manual on dams. Wed. 30 Manual on dams. December 1936 Thurs. 31 Manual on dams END TRANSCRIPTION
