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Journal Article

Author
Johnson, Christopher George Frederick; Campbell, Archibald Hector
Title
Concrete control as used at the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia
In
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Imprint
vol. 9, no. 1, Jan 1937, pp. 1-16
Description

This paper, No.581, which originated in the Adelaide Division of The Institution, will be presented before the Engineering Conference to be held in Adelaide in March, 1937. The author C G F Johnson, AMIEAust, is the Engineer for Water Supply, and A. H. Campbell AMIEAust, the Resident Engineer, Mount Bold, of the Engineering and Water Supply Department, S.A.

[This paper was awarded the 1938 W. H. Warren Memorial Prize]

Abstract

This paper describes the methods employed in controlling the concrete mix in the construction of the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia. The paper gives the reasons for instituting a control system and early experiments relating thereto; a brief description of the aggregates, mixing, placing and ramming; factors to be controlled and the methods used; and interesting features and experiments in connection with or resulting from the control.

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  • Cartledge, Herbert Henry, 'The construction of the Mount Bold Reservoir Dam on the River Onkaparinga, South Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1) (1937), 17-23. Details
  • Johnson, Christopher George Frederick; Campbell, Archibald Hector (Eaton, J. H. O.; East, L. R.; Robertson, W. A.; Chapman. R. W.; Blakey, O. F.; Kneeshaw, F. P.; Shaw, E. D.), 'Concrete control as used at the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (9) (1937), 353-355. Details

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