Center of Southwest Studies

Collection  D 003:
Vallecito Dam (La Plata County, Colo.)
construction photos

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View of right abutment along upstream cofferdam face

1938-10-23

Bateman, A. F.

Looking along the upstream face of the permanent cofferdam toward the right abutment. The trucks and Le Tourneaus are on top of the temporary cofferdam, wasting sand from embankment stripping to fill the spade between the two dams.

Pine R - 104

D003113

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 photoprint) was a construction engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers in the construction of the Vallecito Dam, 1938-1940.

Credit line: Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Vallecito Dam construction photos, loaned to the Center by Dr. William R. Burns.

 This digital image is ©2007 Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.         Accession 2005:09015.
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