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Looking along upstream slope of dam |
1940-11-15 |
Foster, W. H. |
Looking along upstream slope of dam from station 2+00 toward right abutment. Some hand placing is being done, to bring the riprap to grade. Note stockpile of riprap along crest of dam for use after parapet wall is placed. |
Pine R - 431 |
D003086 |
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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