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grout curtain

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…metres (740 feet) as a grout curtain. A corrugated blanket of clay extends upstream within the dam from the base of the core. Within the upstream and downstream cofferdams, partly of rockfill, much of the filling is of compacted sand. Filter layers separate the cofferdam filler from the outer layers…
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…metres (740 feet) as a grout curtain. A corrugated blanket of clay extends upstream within the dam from the base of the core. Within the upstream and downstream cofferdams, partly of rockfill, much of the filling is of compacted sand. Filter layers separate the cofferdam filler from the outer layers…
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