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Shows the Cuchara Dam. Huerfano County, Colorado. n.d.

U.S. Geological Survey · undated · La Rue, E.C.

A dam with a smooth paved upstream face rising from an empty basin, a rock outcrop and an outlet structure at its right end, and piñon on the slopes above.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · undated Shows the Cuchara Dam. Huerfano County, Colorado. n.d. La Rue, E.C.

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

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The Cuchara Dam in Huerfano County, with what E.C. La Rue's caption calls "the new gates and outlet tunnel" at the right of the frame.

Shows: A dam's upstream face, and the outlet works set into its abutment.

What this does not let you conclude: When. The record gives no date, and the reservoir is empty here for reasons the caption does not give. "n.d." in the record. The caption's phrase "the new gates and outlet tunnel" dates the frame after a rebuild it does not name.

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