July 22/2014 Hot 95, Night 65
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| the concrete arch dam |
Just west of town is the Buffalo Bill Dam, previously known as the Shoshone Dam that was built for farmland irrigation in the Big Horn Basin. The humidity is extremely low here, most days not over 15%. The crops would fry without it.
Interestingly this concrete arch gravity dam was the pre-model for the Hoover Dam (1930's era) on the Colorado River. At the time this was the tallest dam in the world (325 ft) when finished after 6 years of construction in 1910. What we found fascinating was the engineer who was not an engineer at all; but only had grade 12 education and 21 years of practical experience surveying and basic construction principles. At the time he was put in charge of a project that was the highest concrete arch gravity dam in the world! Of course Billy found this remarkable, being an retired surveyor. Talk about job stress!!!!
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| releasing water into the Shoshone Canyon |
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| the reservoir |
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| job stress |
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