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Item Title
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 96, Souris River Basin, Foxholm, Ward County, ND
LocationSouris River Basin,
Foxholm vicinity, ND
Find maps of Foxholm, ND
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER ND-3-C
Building/structure dates:
1935 initial construction
Significance: The dams within the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge represent a historical movement to preserve wildlife and wildlife habitat in the United States, which began in the mid-19th century and continues today. The refuge dams are significant for their association with the development of the national wildlife refuge system during the New Deal Era. At the time of its creation, the J. Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge was considered the most important project in the Federal Government's program of migratory waterfowl habitat restoration. The dams also are representative examples of dams designed by the Federal Government during the New Deal Era for conservation projects.
Subjects
Water SupplyDamsNew Deal
Related Names
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
Quivik, Frederick L., Historian
McCormick, Mary E., Historian
Carroll, Jane L., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF DAM 96, LOOKING WEST ALONG THE CREST OF THE DAM FROM THE LEFT ABUTMENT
2. VIEW OF DAM 96, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING UPSTREAM FACE JUST WEST OF THE OUTLET
3. VIEW OF DAM 96, SHOWING DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THE OUTLET WORKS, LOOKING NORTH
4. VIEW OF DAM 96, SHOWING UPSTREAM SIDE OF OUTLET WORKS FROM THE WEST END, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. DETAIL VIEW OF THE RADIAL GATE AT THE OUTLET WORKS AT DAM 96, LOOKING WEST. THE GATE IS IN THE DOWN POSITION, ALLOWING PARTIAL DISCHARGE.
6. DETAIL VIEW OF THE HAND-OPERATED HOIST FOR THE RADIAL GATE ON THE OUTLET WORKS AT DAM 96, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. VIEW OF RIVER-COBBLE WEIR WALL AND END WINGWALL AT THE EAST END OF THE SPILLWAY, DAM 96, LOOKING NORTH
8. VIEW OF DAM 96, LOOKING WEST ALONG THE CREST OF THE WEIR WALL OF THE SPILLWAY FROM THE EAST END
9. DETAIL VIEW OF THE RIVER-COBBLE WEIR WALL AND APRON NEAR THE EAST END OF THE SPILLWAY AT DAM 96, LOOKING NORTHWEST
10. VIEW OF WEST END OF SPILLWAY AT DAM 96, SHOWING SEGMENT OF THE WEIR WALL WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH CONCRETE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
11. OUTLET AT DAM 96 BEFORE GATE OPENING BY MR. MAUREK ON 24 MAY 1936
12. MESSRS. MAUREK AND QUIST RAISING GATE TO ALLOW FIRST WATER TO PASS (IT TOOK SIX MEN 30 MINUTES TO RAISE THE GATE FIVE FEET)
13. WATER BEING RELEASED THRU 4 X 4 GATE AT DAM 96 TO PROVIDE WATER CUSHION PRIOR TO OPENING RADIAL GATE
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