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| | Milk River Project |
 | | The Fresno Dam, located on the Milk River 14 miles west of Havre, Montana, is a compacted earthfill dam with a structural height of 110 feet and a crest length of 2,070 feet. |
 | | Crest elevation of the spillway is 2390.5 ft. Extending from the right abutment of this concrete structure is a compacted earthfill dike, 20 feet wide at the crest, constructed to elevation 2401.5 ft. A cableway with winch-operated cable car, used for maintenance and placement of flashboards when required, spans the spillway section of the dam. |
 | | The Vandalia Diversion Dam on Milk River, 3 miles west of Vandalia, Montana, is a reinforced concrete slab and buttress weir-type structure with movable crest gates and an auxiliary spillway. |
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