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Borrow Pit No. 1 excavation (2) |
1939-08-17 |
Griffith, B. T. |
Excavation in Borrow Pit No. 1 in vicinity of station 47+00/121+50. Dragline is making about an 8-foot cut in straight clay for the downstream No. 2 section, The shovel is making about a 10-foot cut, mixing 5 feet of clay with 5 feet of the underlying sand and gravel for the upstream No. 2 section. It is intended that another 4-foot cut will be made in the gravelly material on the floor of the pit to be used in the No. 3 section. |
Pine R - 217 |
D003348 |
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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