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Pinto Dam, a zoned earth and rockfill structure, is 1,900 feet (580 m) long and 163 feet (50 m) high above bedrock. An uncontrolled open-channel emergency spillway is provided around the left abutment of the dam in a channel excavated in rock. Billy Clapp
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Washington 28. The canals total length is about 21 miles (34 km) including about 5.33 miles (8.58 km) in Long Lake. By
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