"Rock excavation for right wall of spillway inlet structure, stations 5/100 to 5/29.89. Note rock slide just above and to right of form at lower left."
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"Sheepsfoot roller compacting upstream No. 2 material at station 20/25, 30 feet upstream from dam axis. The moisture content of this material is approximately 1.5% below optimum moisture."
"Looking at downstream slope of embankment from a point in the old river channel about 600 feet downstream from axis. Slope near the crest of dam has not been graded. Note piezometer well cover at station 11+75 in center of picture."
"Looking along axis toward left abutment from right bank of spillway (Photographic point No. 1). Excavation at left foreground is for completion of cutoff wall and placing lean concrete foundation under spillway inlet channel floor."
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