Slumped earthfill along Hebgen Dam showing many of the fractures formed during the earthquake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959.
Dates
Date Taken
1959-08
Summary
Index card: Slumped earthfill along Hebgen Dam showing many of the fractures formed during the earthquake. The concrete retaining wall of Hebgen Dam shows in the upper left; small remnants of the earthfull are still retained on top of the concrete core which is tilted southeastward toward the lake. View is southward. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Summary
Index card: Slumped earthfill along Hebgen Dam showing many of the fractures formed during the earthquake. The concrete retaining wall of Hebgen Dam shows in the upper left; small remnants of the earthfull are still retained on top of the concrete core which is tilted southeastward toward the lake. View is southward. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Witkind, I.J. Collection.
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