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Dozer In Backfill Operation (Canal lining and construction) Item Info
- Title:
- Dozer In Backfill Operation (Canal lining and construction)
- Creator:
- Foss, H.E.
- Date Created:
- 1950-05-12
- Description:
- Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Long Lake Headworks, Specs. 2324. View from the operation deck looking N.W. at slab #1 right. Hand compacted backfill operations are being conducted by pushing material over the top with a D-& dozer. A level shelf is being formed by hand shoveling from loose material pushed in and the material is compacted in horizontal layers 3 to 4 inches in depth. The inlet cutoff wall in the center of the picture is the upstream limit of the structure. Work is being performed by George B. Henly Construction Co., Inc. under Schedule 1 of above Specifications. H. E. Foss, photographer.
- Subjects:
- Columbia Basin Reclamation Project canal lining and construction
- Location:
- Washington (State) Grant County
- Latitude:
- 47.446255
- Longitude:
- -119.246517
- 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:
- 94-4-3786
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Dozer In Backfill Operation (Canal lining and construction)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp1288.html
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