Table Rock Spillway Photo Album
May 2001 - April 2004
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This is a brief photographic history of the project from May 2001 – April 2004.
 
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Site overview from the upstream left embankment. (May 2001)
Placement of mass concrete in monolith OS-5. (May 2002)
Construction of cantilevered bridge pier. (January 2002)
Upstream lay down area for tainter gate skin plates. Structural components of tainter gates are sandblasted and primed prior to installation. Gates are fabricated in Iowa by Johnson Machine Works and transported to the site. (March 2002)
Topping out of left abutment. Note different zones of material used to build the embankment. From left (downstream) to right (upstream) in picture: Zone 5 protection stone, Zone 3 gravel filter, Zone 2 sand filter, Zone 1 clay core, Zone 4 rock filter and Zone 5 protection stone. (March 2002)
Installation of gate arms in Bay 6. Gate arms provide the structural support for the skin plates on the gates. (April 2002)
Excavation of rock for construction of new Moonshine Beach recreation area. (April 2002)
Reinforcing steel (rebar) placed in bridge deck over OS-1. (May 2002)
Site overview from directly upstream of new spillway. Note placement of gate arms in Bays 3,4 and 5. (May 2002)
Placement of bridge girders to provide support for bridge deck. (September 2002)
Raising of maintenance bulkhead. The maintenance bulkhead is supported on a trolley monorail underneath the bridge deck and is used for maintenance work on gates after construction of spillway. (September 2002)
Site overview from downstream left embankment. Note installation of numerous gates and bridge deck. (October 2002)
Equipment building on downstream left embankment. The building contains all of the hydraulic machinery required for lifting the gates on the spillway. (October 2002)
Panoramic view of the new Moonshine Beach recreation area. (November 2002)
Upstream panoramic view of the Table Rock Auxiliary Gated Spillway. (November 2002)
Gate nearing completion. (July 2003)
Bridge in service - old road in background will be removed. (September 2003)
Spillway nearing completion. ( November 2003)
Upstream channel excavation viewed from bridge . (January 2004)
Upstream channel excavation. (February 2004)