THE BOTTOM OF THE SPILLWAY CHANNEL AT BENMORE.—The completed deflector block proper, the last major concrete job on the project. About 23,000 tons of concrete (three-quarters underground) have gone into the block, which is designed to absorb the energy from the 60-miles-an-hour flow of water down the spillway by throwing it into a 100ft are in the air and allowing it to fall harmlessly into a stilling pond at the bottom.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30562, 3 October 1964, Page 14
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71THE BOTTOM OF THE SPILLWAY CHANNEL AT BENMORE.—The completed deflector block proper, the last major concrete job on the project. About 23,000 tons of concrete (three-quarters underground) have gone into the block, which is designed to absorb the energy from the 60-miles-an-hour flow of water down the spillway by throwing it into a 100ft are in the air and allowing it to fall harmlessly into a stilling pond at the bottom. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30562, 3 October 1964, Page 14
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