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"Bank to bank, the crest length is 195.2 meters (640 ft). The dam envisaged storage of about 18,000 acre ft at the Full Reservoir level while it is 445 acre ft at 25 ft depth of water, and the reservoir extended to a length of 195.2 miles (314.1 km). "
The reservoir is not 195.2 miles long. This figure might be mistaken from the crest length of the dam, 195.2 meters. Eregli bob ( talk) 21:01, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
The text says:
Can anyone give a reference for 'tonne/ft'. It doesn't seem right. Lightmouse ( talk) 10:56, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Pressure is force per unit area. The denominator 'foot' is length, not area. Furthermore, tonne=1000 kg and it is unusual to see kg/ft which makes me think it's an error and really means one of the variants of 'ton' more common in America. Lightmouse ( talk) 12:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Aha. So it is a US short ton of 907 kg, not a tonne of 1000 kg. If 'running foot' = square foot, then that clears it up as pressure. It's apparently 10 tons force per square foot (500 kPa) and 20 tons force per square foot (1000 kPa). I think the text could be improved to that effect. Lightmouse ( talk) 16:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
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