Sunday, July 27, 2008

Digging the Core for the Dam

The next step was to dig the core trench. From our test holes, I knew I would either reach shale or good clay. I started initially with the tractor and box blade--which got old very quickly:
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Here some of the kids are inspecting the work to make sure it is to specs:
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At this point I knew I needed to rent a bulldozer if I was ever going to move the project along. It is getting pretty late, so I will try to post the dozer pics tomorrow.

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