Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers · 1919 · 40 citations · 0 references
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The hydraulic method of dam construction has great advantages, but too many dams built by it have failed. As often built, the center of the dam is composed of a clay core completely water-tight, but very wet as a result of the method of construction, and so completely water-tight that it is incapable of permitting its own drainage.