BOARING A WATERLINE
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This page describes the South Rim Rock formations and the process
used to DRILL THROUGH THE ROCK to replace the 1932 water line.
used to DRILL THROUGH THE ROCK to replace the 1932 water line.
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SOUTH RIM - GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
Rock Test determined that the South Rim has
existed through time with THREE types of rock;
as the image left displays.
existed through time with THREE types of rock;
as the image left displays.
The South Rim Village at Grand Canyon National Park obtains its water supply from a point called Roaring Springs which is located approximately 15 miles across the Canyon on the North Side. The water is piped about 12 miles across the Canyon by gravity (maximum dynamic pressure of 760 psi) to Indian Gardens where the water is pumped up the final 3 miles to the South Rim.
In the fall of 1985, a directional drilling project, placed a high pressure waterline inside a directionally drilled hole that starts below in Indian Gardens and curves to exit the canyon wall some 2,770 vertical feet above, along a route that is approximately 5. 050 feet long. The project was reported to go from top down, but I think bottom to
would have been more logical.
would have been more logical.
Grang Canyon
Village
Village
INDIAN
GARDENS
GARDENS
HOWEVER, If I find time to re-write this before I pass on, I will.
You see, my way would require the constuction materials to be
HELICOPTERED DOWN :(
You see, my way would require the constuction materials to be
HELICOPTERED DOWN :(
Grang Canyon
Village
Village
INDIAN
GARDENS
GARDENS
THE 1985 WATER LINE - AS COMPLETED.
Grang Canyon
Village
Village
INDIAN
GARDENS
GARDENS
POWER
HOUSE
HOUSE