"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."
As part of the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cleared the trees in the area for the Dam. The Dam itself was constructed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.