Saturday, September 5, 2009

Dawson Lake Progress : Sep 5, 2009

Friday was an extremely busy day at Dawson Lake and everything went like clockwork as Bob Chamberland and crew set the 44 ton concrete catch basin on the outflow of the dam and also the third (next to last ) concrete extension on the inter workings pipe. The enormous amount of advanced planning and preparation by Bob and crew for this event certainly paid off.

- Richard Grist


{above} The large piles of sand that form a dams inner core to check any water penetration so water will not seep through the dam.
{above} The recently added water truck that provides about 9000 gallons of water a day to keep the soil moistened to about 20% moisture content for optimum compaction.
{above} Bob pointing to the leaves starting to change as Fall begins in earnest.