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View of right abutment from left bank of spillway (5) |
1939-08-12 |
Griffith, B. T. |
Looking toward right abutment from axis sta. 0+00. (Photographic Point No. 3). The three zones of Earth embankment are clearly defined by the different shades of material. Beginning with the dividing the light and dark material in the center of dam, to the right is the upstream (or mixed) No. 2 section grading into the No. 1; to the left Is the downstream (clay) No. 2 section grading into the No. 3 section where the roller is seen working at left. Refer to Pine R - 185. |
Pine R - 185 |
D003045 |
Subject terms:
Water diversion--Colorado--Pine River--Pictorial works--1938-1940
Pine River Irrigation Project (U.S.)--History
Vallecito Reservoir (Colo.)--History
Biographical note: Major C. A. Burns (grandfather of Dr. William R. Burns, the owner of the album containing the original photographic print) was a construction engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers in the construction of the Vallecito Dam, 1938-1940.
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