Report of Failure of Kelly Barnes Dam and Findings

by Federal Investigative Board
December 21, 1977

9. View of right face of breach. The opened flange face of the 30-inch spiral riveted steel pipe (old penstock) is shown in the lower left side of the photo. The layers of silt are shown to the right of the pipe. An extensive root system extending into the dam embankment is shown on the upper left portion of the photograph.

[Similar photograph in the Toccoa Flood photo album.]

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