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Collection D 003: |
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Borrow Pit No. 2 excavation (4) |
1940 |
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Shovel excavating in Borrow Pit No. 2 in vicinity of station 53+00/11+00. This material is for upstream No. 2 zone of embankment. Depth of cut is approximately 12 feet. Another cut from 10 to 12 feet deep will probably be taken in this area to be used in No. 1 and No. 3 zones of the embankment. |
Pine R - 287 |
D003360 |
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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