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Soil-Cement Lining Test

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1093. Soil-Cement Lining Tests. View of sandbag check, looking upstream at Station 238 of West 11.5 lateral. This check ponded water in the lower section of lining for seepage tests."
Date: October 18, 1948
Creator: George, P. W.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Soil-Cement Lining Test

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1095. Soil-Cement Lining Tests. Sandbag check between upper and middle test sections, looking upstream towards 15%-cement section beyond the check. Station 211-00, West 11.5 lateral."
Date: October 18, 1948
Creator: George, P. W.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Wooden Evaporation Pan

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1092. Soil-Cement Lining Tests. View of wooden evaporation pan and metal stilling wells, with R. C. Brummett making measurement of water surface elevation in 17.5%-cement section of lining."
Date: October 18, 1948
Creator: George, P. W.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Bottom of Outlet

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1195. Altus Dam. View of part of bottom of outlet works stilling pool, showing area where erosion of concrete surface has occurred."
Date: October 18, 1949
Creator: George, P. W.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Rock Quarry Excavation

Description: Caption says, "A-18 Altus Project. General view of the rock quarry showing progress of excavation, prior to cutting rock for the Altus Dam, in the quarry area. Photograph taken from rock outcrop west of uncovered area. This section is west of the area shown in "Rock Quarry No. 17." A small rocky ridge projects between both areas."
Date: October 18, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.870937 -99.293672
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

WPA Drillers

Description: Caption says, "A-19 Altus Project. Photograph showing W. P. A. drillers at work cutting up large granite boulders into little ones for use in the riprapping of the dam. Some of these boulders are of such a size that several holes are needed to break the huge rocks into size necessary for handling."
Date: October 18, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.870977 -99.293768
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Granite Boulders Being Moved

Description: Caption says, "A-20 Altus Project. Photograph showing rock being moved with cable and gasoline engine. These large granite boulders are pulled to the large pile shown in the left foreground where they will be broken into smaller fragments for riprapping later."
Date: October 18, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.870950 -99.293618
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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