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Sonar of rock trap showing fill level.
Sonar of rock trap showing fill level.

Hibbard Inshore conducted an internal inspection of a large power tunnel to determine loss of head condition. First, we determined that the surge shaft contained large cracks. Second, we measured the level of debris in the rock trap by creating a cross section from sonar. Finally, we were able to show that a few large rocks had fallen to the invert from the wall of a rock-cut portion of the tunnel.

ROV lowered into surge chamber for shaft inspection.
View of surge chamber from  ROV video camera.
View of surge chamber from
ROV video camera.

ROV lowered into surge chamber for shaft inspection.

Video record of typical rock  in this rock trap.
Video record of typical rock
in this rock trap.
Videocapture of three-foot-wide rock (as measured on soar) in tunnel invert.
Videocapture of three-foot-wide
rock (as measured on sonar)
in tunnel invert.

Large crack in shaft wall at 146-foot depth.
Large crack in shaft wall at
146-foot depth.

Video of an ROV Inspection of a Tunnel and Shaft.

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