Journal Article

Author

Cartledge, Herbert Henry

Title

The construction of the Mount Bold Reservoir Dam on the River Onkaparinga, South Australia

In

Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

Imprint

vol. 9, no. 1, Jan 1939, pp. 17-23

Description

This paper, No.589, which originated in the Adelaide Division of The Institution, will be presented before the Engineering Conference to be held in Adelaide in March, I937. The author, H. H. Cartledge, AMIEAust, is a Civil Engineering Contractor, of Adelaide, S.A.

See also: Johnson, C. G. F.; Campbell, A. H. "Concrete control as used at the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, v9 n.1 Jan 1937 p.1-16. and related discussion.

Abstract

The paper details the plant installed by the contractor for the construction of the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia, and mentions the method of river control adopted. Particular reference is made to the supply of materials for the concrete, and the mixing and placing of the concrete. The problems associated with the driving of the outlet tunnel, construction of a stilling pool at the bottom of the spillway and the building of cut-off walls to prevent seepage round the abutments of the dam are also briefly dealt with.

Related Published resources

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• Johnson, Christopher George Frederick; Campbell, Archibald Hector, 'Concrete control as used at the Mount Bold Dam, South Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1) (1937), 1-16. 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