Yellowstone photo album 30, page 51

TitleYellowstone photo album 30, page 51
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TranscriptionYELL185333-241 A battery of five testing chambers 6 inches high and about 5 inches in diameter built to test test pit samples from the proposed new highline reservoir for this project. Coarse screen across the bottom opening, coarse gravel and the sample placed above the gravel. Water then introduced under pressure and the percolation measured by the graduated cylinders below. Electrical Power Plant, Mammoth. FP 598. 1935 11229-2; YELL185333-242 Site of main dike for highline reservoir indicated by lath and snowshoe tracks. View from same point as 11230-2. FP 598. 1935. 11230-3; YELL185333-243 Another view of formation testing battery. See view 11229-2. Electric Power Plant, Mammoth. FP 598. 1935. 11229-3; YELL185333-244 View from point describe in 11230-2 of reservoir in general before clearing. FP 598. 1935. 11230-4; YELL185333-245 Site of main dam for highline reservoir before clearing. Lath and man on proposed center line. View from a point at intersection of C's of main dam and long dike. FP 598. 1935. 11230-2; YELL185333-246 After view of 11230-4 on completion of clearing but before grubbing. About 2 Ft. of snow covering. FP 598. 1935. 11230-5

LocationsYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, United States(44.59644,-110.5472)
Mammoth, Park County, Wyoming, United States(44.9766,-110.7016)

TopicsYellowstone National Park
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