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Show EARTHWORK ON BIG DAM IS COMPLETED Washington, Aug. 19 The etrM)-work etrM)-work on the big Belle Fourche inig,k-I inig,k-I t.on dam In South Da':ota. v.l ich is one nf the largo.st ':irl!i embankments fn the world, practic.illy h;s been completed, according to advices received re-ceived here by iho reclamation ser- vice. TIip dam is C.,2i.i0 feet long, with a maximum height of 1)5 feet, and contains 45,200, mm cubic feet of earth This structure c'o.es the outlet to a natural hn.-.ln. and rn inlet canal, ti 1-2 miles l"Pg and 10 feet wide at the bottom, carries the water of the Belle Fourche river into the reservoir thus funned. When the distribution system of the Bell Fotrciie project is completed, GOO miles of canals ;uid laterals will carry the water over ltmiOO acres of land. About ."P.miO already are receiving re-ceiving water. |