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

Photograph title

Date

Photographer

Description of this image

Original photo #

Photoprint #

Borrow Pit No. 2 excavation (8)

1940-05-24

Bateman, A. F.

Lima shovel excavating No. 1 and No. 2 material from Borrow Pit No. 2, area No. 2 at station 62+75/13+00. The shovel cut is 9.5 feet.

Pine R - 292

D003364

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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