Case Study
Bluestone Dam Test Program
' Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District ' Technique(s) Utilized: High-Capacity Dam Anchors PROJECT CASE STUDY s part of an anchor test program, Nicholson in- stalled and tested four, 61-strand anchors, rang- ing in length from 175 feet to 245 feet. The an- chors have a design load of 2,145 kips and were tested to 2,860 kips. At the time, these were the largest anchors in- stalled in the United States. Nicholson also inst