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rice of $40 per acre-foot, isworth $100,000. A conservative estimate showsthat the dam was built at a cost of $7,000less than if it had been constructed accordingto the original plan. In other words, thecompany saved $107,000 by the use of thisdesign instead of the usual gravity section. There are… … Spillway Fig. 2—Detail of Spillway, Halligan Dam. the new work was about $80,000. Work wasbegun under the writers supervision in July,1909, and completed on May 1, 1911. Construction.—The foundations, as left bythe first contractor, were very uneven, and,before beginning the new structure, it…
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