See "1962,2018 603mw Ice Harbor Lock and Dam on the Snake River" for the general notes about this dam.
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| Andy Michel posted Ice Harbor Spillway Gate Heaters Tri-City Herald June 8th, 1958 |
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| Andy Michel posted River Pilots Tell of Lock Hazards Tri-City Herald June 15, 1958 |
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| Andy Michel posted Ice Harbor Dam Construction in Final Phases Tri-City Herald March 13th, 1960 |
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| Andy Michel posted Ice Harbor Navigation Lock Cracks The Bellingham Herald August 8th, 1965 |
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| Andy Michel posted Borrowing McNary Navigation Lock Stoplogs at Ice Harbor Tri-City Herald February 27th, 1968 Jim Duffus: On the original locks at the Panama Canal all miter gates were interchangeable with the exception of the sea gates at Miraflores which were longer because of the Pacific tides. Caissons were sunk for locks overhaul and they were moored in the freshwater lake and taken to the locks by tug when ever needed. Andy Michel: Jim Duffus Flexibility is the key! |
I didn't know about "nitrogen supersaturation." This article is old. I wonder how much of these modifications had been done.
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| Andy Michel posted Flip Lips & Slotted Gates Tri-City Herald March 12th, 1972 Neil Jacobson: They installed aggressive flip lips on the spillway at CJ and it did make a difference plus a spectacular display when spilling. [Unfortunately, I don't know which dam "CJ" stand for.] |
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| Andy Michel posted Ice Harbor Units 4-6 Rough Turbine Shaft Ready for Machining Tri-City Herald February 1st, 1973 [This taught me that Allis-Chalmers had a plant in Bethlehem, PA.] |
This article applies to all of the big Northwest dams, so I'll put it in this in my news-only notes.
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| Andy Michel posted Luck important in power generation Tri-City Herald June 13th, 1975 Delta Mike: Could be a sectional view of my dam also. Big Bend in South Dakota. Mike Kluth: Delta Mike I thought that the Missouri river Dams had Francis turbines. Delta Mike: Mike Kluth Big Bend is 3 blade, fixed pitch Kaplan turbines. We are very low head, typically 70' max. Mike Kluth: At the time of the article the 600 & 700mw Grand Coulee Third powerhouse units were being built. Jake Silverdale: Back when visitors were allowed at the locks I had someone ask me, “How come all of the electricity is used out of the water at the next dam upstream?” 😟🤔 Leon Powell: Jake Silverdale had a guy at Broken Bow had a whole story to go with that. Said there was still some electricity left in it and that was why a chain link fence ran part way down to the state park. He could tell it with a straight face too! |
If they did install slotted gates, it was only temporary because they used the generation bays for generation in 1975.
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| Andy Michel posted Ice Harbor Units 4-6 97% Complete The Spokesman-Review September 24th, 1975 |
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| Andy Michel posted Mid-Columbia is center of vast power complex Tri-City Herald March 7th, 1976 |
Andy Michel posted three images with the comment: "Tug Boat Pushing Loaded Grain Barges Impacted Ice harbor Navigation Lock Upstream Gate September 19th, 1976"
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| 3 [The article called it a Tainter gate. But I'll bet it is a sluice gate. That is what it looks like in a satellite image.] |
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| Andy Michel posted Barge Traffic Waiting for McNary Navigation Lock to Open Tri-City Herald July 7th, 1978 |
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| Andy Michel posted Barges Biding Time While Gate Repaired Spokane Chronicle October 18th, 1979 Mike Kluth: They sure saved a lot while building the lock, but the maintenance costs were terrific. Gordon Gann said that "Value Engineering Savings Ideas, did not take into consideration the long-term maintenance costs. |
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| Andy Michel posted Metal Chunks Force Lock Limits Tri-City Herald June 22nd, 1988 |
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| Andy Michel posted Thanks Delores!! Tri-City Herald August 2nd, 1990 Mike Kluth: The Captain did not get wet and called the Boss from the lock stand to report his tug was sinking |
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| Andy Michel posted LOCKED DOWN Tri-City Herald September 22nd, 1994 |
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| Andy Michel posted Army Corps Takes a Crack at Lock Repairs Tri-City Herald March 11th, 1995 Article gate dimensions: 130 feet tall x 125 feet tall Actual gate dimensions: 91 feet tall x 88 feet wide Dennis DeBruler: Thanks for the correction. That was a rather significant error. 91' tall is impressive enough. |
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| Andy Michel posted Tug Boat Impacts Ice Harbor Navigation Lock Upstream Gate Tri-City Herald December 19th, 1995 |
Andy Michel posted two images with the comment: "Barging the Snake The Spokesman-Review January 3rd, 1999"
Dennis DeBruler: So why can the salmon get past the four dams on the Columbia River but not the four dams on the Snake River? They get too tired going up the ladders on the Columbia River dams?
Andy Michel: Dennis DeBruler We’ve really improved our fish passage. People have resorted to saying we’re killing whales because of the Snake River Dams now.
Neil Jacobson: It’s not about how many get thru it’s the leftist communist democrats that want them removed just because it’s their agenda.
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| Andy Michel posted Dam Y2K! Eeeeeeeeeek...... Tri-City Herald Feruary 28th, 1999 |
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