Hoffman & Broghammer Group's concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa; 3 miles north of Manchester, Iowa.
Title
Hoffman & Broghammer Group's concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa; 3 miles north of Manchester, Iowa.
Subject
Description
Hoffman/Broghammer concrete drop spillway structure in Delaware County, Iowa. Built in 1959, the reinforced drop spillway structure of "Island Type" serves as the tile outlet for 8" and 12" tiles and as a waterway stabilizer. The waterway was started in the fall of 1959 and completed in the spring of 1960. It was seeded to alfalfa-brome. The waterway drains 615 acres and has a surface flow with grade of 0.50%. Tile drainage outlet provided for 265 acres. Three farmers shared cost. J.C. Costigan of Elkader, Iowa was the structure contractor.
Creator
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
J. Wildman
Publisher
Soil Conservation Service
State Library of Iowa
Date
1960
Contributor
Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District, Cherokee County, Iowa. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org.
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PDF
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Photograph
File Name
DelawareCountySWCD_Hoffman_Broghammer_ConcreteSpillway_1960_001.pdf
DelawareCountySWCD_Hoffman_Broghammer_ConcreteSpillway_1960_002.pdf
DelawareCountySWCD_Hoffman_Broghammer_ConcreteSpillway_1960_003.pdf
DelawareCountySWCD_SpillwayDrop_1959.pdf
DelawareCountySWCD_SpillwayStructure_1960.pdf