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Shows the spillway of the Cuchara Reservoir. Huerfano County, Colorado. n.d.

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

A broad spillway channel excavated through pale rock, a low embankment closing the ground at the right, and the dry floor of the reservoir basin in the foreground.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · undated Shows the spillway of the Cuchara Reservoir. Huerfano County, Colorado. n.d. La Rue, E.C.

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The spillway of the Cuchara Reservoir, "a portion of the Cuchara Dam is show at right in picture" -- La Rue's companion frame to his view of the dam itself, with his typo kept as the record has it.

Shows: Where the reservoir was built to overflow, and the rock the channel was cut into.

What this does not let you conclude: The spillway working, or its capacity. It is dry in the frame and no rating accompanies the plate. "n.d." in the record, as with its companion frame of the dam.

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