Elephant Butte Dam Gate Hoist Replacement

This $2M project includes rehabilitating six 5’x4’ high pressure slide gates and installing new gate hoists, hydraulic controls, and lifting equipment. Work also included installing new hydraulic piping from both the HPU and emergency accumulators to the gate cylinders. In addition, we abrasive blasted and recoated the linings of the penstocks located downstream of the gates.

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  • STARTED
  • COMPLETED
  • OWNER
  • LOCATION
  • Dams
  • September, 2016
  • March, 2018
  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico