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Dworshak Dam Project 11 (Yoyo operation) Item Info

Title:
Dworshak Dam Project 11 (Yoyo operation)
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1967-08-03
Description:
Yoyo operation - cable from upper cat is tied to other cat so he can crawl back up hill. Note on margin of image: "Elk Cr. Job - H. West Co. Murphy N.C. 8-3-67 - Dworshak Dam -Yo -yo". Note on back: "Same job, same place, same day as #702 & 703. This shows what you do on steep country, where you may turn a cat over and kill a person. Very dangerous. You will note here that two cats are working together. This they call a yo-yo operation. The cable from the upper cat is tied to the cat so that he can crawl back up the hill and make another pass down the hill with debris. They had to work together for safety."
Subjects:
Dworshak Dam Project 1967 yo-yo cable cat hill debris Elk Creek August 3
Source:
MG 147
Source Identifier:
13-00704
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Dworshak Dam Project 11 (Yoyo operation)", Dworshak Dam Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/dworshak/items/dworshak712.html
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Rights:
Material produced by the United States Army Corp of Engineers and is in Public Domain. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu
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