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D9639-14
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- 1940-04-09 (Creation)
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Mud Mountain. Two men are pictured on April 9, 1940 dumping a load of soil and rocks from a rail car over a steep embankment at the edge of railroad tracks. Fallen trees in background. This was the dumping operation at the "waste" pit about three miles from the construction camp for Mud Mountain Dam. The tracks shown were part of the nine miles of railroad that were used by four trains with Shay-type engines to move the tons of dirt. Men working above were involved in the excavation spillway project that would prevent any chance of water overtopping the dam. Mud Mountain Dam, seven miles southeast of Enumclaw, was being constructed by the federal government at a cost of some six million dollars. It was considered at that time the world's highest earth-filled dam. For Harold Shaw. (T.Times 4-15-1940, p. 1, 16)
Dams--Mud Mountain; Dam construction; Railroad tracks; Dirt;