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Salmon Creek Dam, the Glossary

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The Salmon Creek Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Salmon Creek, northwest of Juneau, Alaska.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Alaska, Alaska Electric Light & Power, Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company, American Society of Civil Engineers, Arch, Arch dam, Bartlett L. Thane, Batter (walls), Chlorine, Concrete, Construction aggregate, Gastineau Channel, Hydraulic head, Hydroelectricity, Juneau, Alaska, List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, Pathogen, Roman Empire, Sheep Creek (Juneau, Alaska), Spillway, Tlingit, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Geological Survey.

  2. 1914 establishments in Alaska
  3. Dams completed in 1914
  4. Dams in Alaska
  5. Energy infrastructure completed in 1914
  6. Hydroelectric power plants in Alaska
  7. Reservoirs in Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alaska Electric Light & Power

Alaska Electric Light & Power, also known as AEL&P, is the power utility for Juneau, the capital city of Alaska.

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Alaska-Gastineau Mining Company

The Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. had its offices in 25 Broad St., New York City, New York.

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American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Arch

An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.

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Arch dam

An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. Salmon Creek Dam and arch dam are arch dams.

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Bartlett L. Thane

Bartlett Lee "Bart" Thane (August 26, 1877 – November 7, 1927) was an American mining engineer who pioneered hydroelectric power in Juneau, Alaska.

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Batter (walls)

In architecture, batter is a receding slope of a wall, structure, or earthwork.

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.

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Construction aggregate

Construction aggregate, or simply aggregate, is a broad category of coarse- to medium-grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates.

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Gastineau Channel

Gastineau Channel (Lingít: Séet Ká) is a channel between the mainland of the U.S. state of Alaska and Douglas Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska.

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Hydraulic head

Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Juneau, Alaska

Juneau (Dzánti K'ihéeni), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.

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List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks

The following is a list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964. Salmon Creek Dam and list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks are Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Sheep Creek (Juneau, Alaska)

Sheep Creek is located southeast of Juneau, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Spillway

A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself.

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Tlingit

The Tlingit or Lingít are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and constitute two of the two-hundred thirty-one (231, as of 2022) federally recognized Tribes of Alaska.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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See also

1914 establishments in Alaska

Dams completed in 1914

Dams in Alaska

Energy infrastructure completed in 1914

Hydroelectric power plants in Alaska

Reservoirs in Alaska

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_Creek_Dam

Also known as Salmon Creek Arch Dam.