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II. Dams II.C.1: Purposes of Spillways

C. Spillways Used to pass excess
flow in a controlled Control Section
1. Purpose
fashion
2. Types
Two main types:
3. Discharge
Unregulated
Characteristics
Regulated
D. Energy
Dissipation
Terminal Structure Discharge Channel

Free Overfall
II.C.2: Types of Spillways
Free Overflow
Ogee
Side Channel
Labyrinth
Chute
Baffled Chute
Stepped
Drop Inlet
Controlled Crest Ogee Crest Spillways
Folsom Dam, California
Wadsworth Dam, Mantua Creek

Free Overfall Ogee Crest Concrete

Lake Centerton Dam, Muddy Run Chief Joseph Dam, Columbia River, WA

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Regulated Crest Tainter Gate Ogee Crest

Masonry

Boonton Dam, Parsippany

Troy Hills, NJ
120 feet high

Chief Joseph Dam

Columbia River, WA

Drop Inlet Spillway

Side Channel Spillway
Lake Kandle Dam, Sewell, NJ

Union City Dam, PA

Side Channel Spillway Side Channel Spillway (?)

Oak Ridge Reservoir Dam, WA Twp, Mercer County, NJ

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Labyrinth Labyrinth
Spillways Spillways

Chute Baffled Chute Spillway

Spillway

Stepped Spillways -
Spillway Regulated

Concrete Ogee Crest Spillways

& Tainter (Radial) Gates

Good energy dissipation

Good aeration

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Spillways - Regulated Spillways - Unregulated

Vertical Lift Gates

Eildon Dam,
Australia
Thomas, Henry H.
The Engineering of Large Dams

General Discharge Relationship (US Bureau of Reclamation)

Ogee Spillway

Energy Dissipaters
Spillways - Regulated Baffle Blocks

General Discharge Relationship

Gated Spillway
(US Bureau of Reclamation)

Assunpink Site No. 6 Dam, Washington Township, NJ

12,653 acre-feet of storage

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