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Close-up of test pit wall |
1940-06-6 |
Bateman, A. F. |
Close-up of one awl of test pit excavated in No. 1 zone of embankment at station 22+25, 97 feet upstream from axis of dam. Purpose of pit was to determine percentage of plus 5-inch stones remaining in materials. |
Pine R - 301 |
D003074 |
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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