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Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Potholes East Canal. View showing size of fractures in stratified material in test pit at Station 499+00. Bottom margin of photo is approximately elev. 1027. View inclines upward along corner behind miner in photo 2059-4. Material has characteristics of clay, being fine grained, slippery when wet, and shrinks and fractures upon drying causing spalling. Harold Foss, photographer.
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Title:
Stratification Of Material In Test Pit [01] (Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels)
Creator:
Foss, H.E.
Date Created:
1948-09-02
Description:
Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Potholes East Canal. View showing size of fractures in stratified material in test pit at Station 499+00. Bottom margin of photo is approximately elev. 1027. View inclines upward along corner behind miner in photo 2059-4. Material has characteristics of clay, being fine grained, slippery when wet, and shrinks and fractures upon drying causing spalling. Harold Foss, photographer.
Subjects:
canals (Washington state) construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels
Location:
Washington (State) Franklin County Basin City
Latitude:
46.627215
Longitude:
-119.129391
Publisher:
University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Source:
Army Corps of Engineers Dam Construction photographs, 1933-1965, PG 94, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv165618
Source Identifier:
94-4-2060
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Stratification Of Material In Test Pit [01] (Construction of pipelines, syphons and tunnels)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1074.html
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