Max Sanders farm, Cass County. View shows the crew surveying the borrow pit after construction in order to determine borrow yardage. P.S. We got an unexpected rain! Completed fill is in background. Water lacks 3 1/2 feet from being to the top of…
Max Sanders farm, Cass County. View shows the D-6 and the TD-14 of the Nelson Bros. of Red Oak working on the fill. The top of the fill was kept level all during construction, from the bottom up.
Max Sanders farm, Cass County. Views of the gully before and at the beginning of construction. The three men in the one view are digging for the base of the outlet, and the one man in the other view is at the position of the outlet.
Looking North. Fence will be placed in the center of the ten foot top since neither of the farmers plan to use it as a crossing. There is a ten foot barn (not apparent in this picture) at the same elevation…
Another view showing lateral to North-west. Note how building of riser delayed earth fill, and prevented placing the earth in level layers over the entire fill.
Bulldozer bringing in earth from left downstream bank. Top of riser forms are seen in left center. View taken from approximately same spot as picture No. 1.
Looking South-southwest. Observer is facing upstream. North-south property line fence is visible on hill to left. The trees in foreground are growing down in the lateral. This lateral enters from the right.…
