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Gerber Watershed - Klamath Project, Oregon-California

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Title Gerber Watershed - Klamath Project, Oregon-California
Creator United States. Bureau of Reclamation Stein, D.W.
Date 1968-11-19 2010-08-16 2007-03-28
Subject Irrigation projects; Klamath Project (U.S.) -- History; Dams; Erosion Wildhorse Diversion Channel (Oregon); Wildhorse Diversion Dam (Oregon)
Description CN-12-200-36A Gerber Watershed - Klamath Project, Oregon-California. Looking northeast at Wildhorse Diversion Dam from downstream side of dam. Rocks, limbs, etc., have been piled on top of dam to impede the flow of water over the structure. Water was observed running under the dam through a washed-out cavity. A level shot showed that the crest of the dam was 0.3 higher than the sill of the headgate to the Wildhorse Diversion Channel. The dam, as shown, is a concrete weir. It is in extremely...
Source Original photograph: 13 x 10 cm, color photograph, caption under photo reads “CN-12-200-36A Gerber Watershed - Klamath Project, Oregon-California. Looking northeast at Wildhorse Diversion Dam from downstream side of dam. Rocks, limbs, etc., have been piled on top of dam to impede the flow of water over the structure. Water was observed running under the dam through a washed-out cavity. A level shot showed that the crest of the dam was 0.3 higher than the sill of the headgate to the Wildhorse Diversion Channel. The dam, as shown, is a concrete weir. It is in extremely poor condition. Cavities have been eroded beneath the weir -- and is being underworn on the downstream side -- by streamflow action. 11-19-68. Bureau of Reclamation photo by T.J. Rosten" from Black Binders
Publisher Oregon Institute of Technology. Library
Rights Digital image copyright 2010. Oregon Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/copyright/collection/kwl
Relation Digital reproduction of photograph: CN-12-200-36A Klamath Project - Oregon, Black Binders, Bureau of Reclamation
Format Master file format: image/tiff; master filesize: 19,710,648 bytes; bit depth: 16; color mode: color; resolution: 600 dpi; capture hardware: Plustek OpticBook 3600; optimization software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 image/tiff JPEG2000 file size: 4427 bytes
Identifier BOR-28-Mar-2007-5071 BLB-36 http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kwl/id/5190
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