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Trimming downstream face of embankment

1940-10-2

Foster, W. H.

Using dragline to trim slopes of cobble fill on downstream face of embankment.

Pine R - 401

D003094

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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