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Dam Safety Case History Columbia Lock and Dam March 8, 1997 “A number of courageous people worked in sometimes dangerous circumstance to perform their missions. We are grateful that throughout all of this no one was injured and we were all successful in our efforts.” CCHamby 97 CCHamby 97
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Location Map 2 Columbia L&D Thatcher L&D Felsenthal L&D Jonesville L&D
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Columbia L & D Descript 84’ x 600’ Lock 4@50’ Wide Tainter Gates 200’ Wide Navigation Pass Guide Wall Flow West Abutment Miter Gate
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The Accident
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Columbia Lock and Dam 8 March 97 9pm
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Columbia Lock and Dam
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10pm
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1am 9 March 97
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Columbia Lock and Dam
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2:45am
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6am
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Photo Barge in Gate 1 photo 10 Mar 97
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Photo Barge in Gate 1 10 Mar 97
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Photo Barge in Gate 1
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Gate 1 Damage
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Barge Removed from Gate 1 photo 11 Mar 97
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Barge Removed
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Identifying the Problems Remove Two Sunken Barges Damaged & Inoperable Tainter Gate Too Much Flow thru the Nav Pass The River Forecast is Bad News There is no heavy equipment upstream
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Lock Underwater ___ photo fig II-1 (where is the lock?)
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Lock Underwater ___ photo fig II-2 Highway Barriers Lock Chamber Miter Gate
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Highway Barriers Borrow from LADOTD
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Highway Barriers ___ photo fig II-3
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Highway Barriers ___ photo fig II-4
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Miter Gate Extension Designed and Built Wooden Extension __photo fig II-5
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Miter Gate Extension Fig II-6 9 Apr Timber over miter gate and barriers along the wall
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Operating the Lock __photo fig II-7 opening the gate valves
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Passing the Salvage Derrick Barge __photo fig II-8 derrick barge goes through the lock
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Salvage Ops Orientation of barges fig IV-2
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Salvage Ops ___ fig IV-1
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Salvage Ops – Ent Pipe Sktch Sketch diver going through the pipe to cut holes
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Salvage Ops – Ent Pipe Phot0 ___ figs IV-3 pipe in water
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Salvage Ops - Diver Photo diver going through the pipe to cut holesPhoto diver going through the pipe to cut holes
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Salvage Ops - Tender Photo diver going through the pipe to cut holesPhoto diver going through the pipe to cut holes
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Salvage Ops - Spectators TV Media Spectators photo
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Salvage Ops – Barge Exposed ___ figs IV-4
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Salvage Ops – Barge Rising ___ figs IV-4
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Salvage Ops – Barge Raised ___ figs IV-4
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Salvage Ops- Chain Connection ___ figs IV-x
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Stone Repairs Sketch 1 Show plan view sketch of all holes
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Stone Repairs Sketch guideWx
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Stone Repairs Sketch tainterx
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Stone Repair Photo new stone
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Stone Repair Photo drop stone
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Stone Repairs Sketch US fix x
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Stone Repairs Sketch nav x
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Navigation Pass Flow __photo fig II-10 water thru nav pass 9Apr add sound from VHF tape
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Navigation Pass Damage __photo fig II-10 9 Apr Additional Surveys made after river slowed down Slab fell into the hole (show 3D survey or fig III- 10) Show cross section with hole and stability prob
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Stone Repairs Sketch nav orig
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Stone Repairs Sketch nav hole
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Navigation Pass Repair Photo __photo 30 May
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Bent strut frame
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Bent strut frame measurements
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Gate Damage Trunion bolts Center hole jack
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Installed Stop logs Fig IV-14 ___
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WorkBarge Bullet ___
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Second Barge Flips on to it’s Side 8 June 97
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Secure the Trunion Bullet ___
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Marking the VEE
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Restraints Restraint Applied
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Gentle Force Tightening Up the Restraint
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Heat the VEE’s photo
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Shrinking the Vee’s Shrinking the Vee’s – Cooled by Pressurized H 2 O
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Job Done photo
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Gate 1 Before Before
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after Gate 1 After Brace Cover Plate After
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Summing it up $1.25m Overall Repair Expense
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