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Alamosa Reservoir on Alamosa Creek, Colorado. 1920.

U.S. Geological Survey · 1920 · Kilmartin, J.O.

A reservoir filling a forested valley with dead trees still standing in the shallows, and a road switchbacking down the bare hillside in the foreground; the print is scratched along its left edge.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · 1920 Alamosa Reservoir on Alamosa Creek, Colorado. 1920. Kilmartin, J.O.

U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Library Photographic Collection U.S. government work; public domain. Archive record ↗ · Rights

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The Alamosa Reservoir on Alamosa Creek in 1920. The album caption records it at 8,500 feet, four miles long and half a mile wide; the dead timber standing in the water says the reservoir is newer than the trees.

Shows: A reservoir not long filled, with the drowned timber still upright in it.

What this does not let you conclude: Today's reservoir, or a surveyed capacity. The dimensions are the album caption's claim and not a measurement, and the print is damaged down its left edge.

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