File:FMIB 47845 Barben River, KY ; General View of Dam No 1.jpeg

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English: B. F. Thomas
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English: Barben River, KY ; General View of Dam No. 1

The dam is of the slope type with a comb-stick, and is built of timber cribs filled with riprap. The length is 268 feet, with a base width of 80 feet and a lift of 15 1 feet. The original structure was completed about 1840, but has been practically rebuilt several times since then.

  • Subject: Dams--Kentucky, Barben River (Kentucky)
  • Geographic Subject: United States--Kentucky--Barben River
  • Tag: Dams
Date 1905.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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English: Thomas, B. F. (1905) Improvement of Rivers : a Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving Streams for Open Navigation, and for Navigation by Means of Locks and Dams, Category:New York: John Wiley : Sons
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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