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Collection 1346, MtBC, us
DeMuth, David R.
David DeMuth Photographs
1910-1913
.2 linear feet
The DeMuth Photographs are mostly images of the construction
of the Hebgen Dam on the Madison River, taken by DeMuth prior to his death in 1913. A few
images show DeMuth as a graduating student, a young man, and in the construction camp on the
upper Madison River, and three images show the capture of young elk calves in winter by
DeMuth and an unidentified companion. The construction pictures include images of the
workmen's camp, the sawmill producing cut timbers for concrete forms and a water diversion
tunnel, construction activity in winter and summer, and both steam and horse-powered earth
moving equipment.
Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
David Rollin DeMuth was born on November 3, 1885 in Peru, Indiana. He moved to Bozeman,
Montana to attend the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1906 and lived
with the W. D. Tallman family. DeMuth graduated in 1910 with a degree in civil engineering,
and shortly thereafter he was employed by the Madison River Power Company to supervise the
construction of the Hebgen Dam on the upper Madison River. When completed in 1914 the dam
was a concrete-core earthen embankment structure of 85 feet tall and 721 feet long, used to
store and regulate water for other downstream reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants. On
June 15, 1913, DeMuth fell into the Madison River and drowned when he was swept over the
dam's spillway.
The DeMuth photographs are mostly images of the construction of the Hebgen Dam on the
Madison River, taken by DeMuth prior to his death in 1913. A few images show DeMuth as a
graduating student, a young man, and in the construction camp on the upper Madison River,
and three images show the capture of young elk calves in winter by DeMuth and an
unidentified companion. The construction pictures include images of the workmen's camp, the
sawmill producing cut timbers for concrete forms and a water diversion tunnel, construction
activity in winter and summer, and both steam and horse-powered earth moving equipment. A
few of the photographs have brief notations by DeMuth on the verso.
This collection is open for research.
Original photographs taken by engineer David DeMuth were donated to Montana State
University by Mary Tallman of Bozeman, Montana in the spring of 1982.
This collection was processed 2013 August 14
Hebgen Dam (Mont.) --
Photographs
Madison River (Wyo. and Mont.)
-- Photographs
Montana
Montana -- Hebgen
Dam
United States -- Madison
River
Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana --
Photographs
Dams -- Montana -- Design and construction --
Photographs
Elk hunting -- Montana -- Photographs
Dams -- Design and construction
Elk hunting
Frontier and pioneer life
Elementary and
Secondary Education
Fisheries and
Wildlife
Logging
Water and Water
Rights
Montana
Photographs
Photographs -- Montana
Photographs
Civil engineers -- Montana
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#1-8, David DeMuth
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#9-11, Elk
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#12-16, Hebgen Dam construction
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#17-22, Hebgen Dam construction
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#25-28, Hebgen Dam construction
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#29-33, Hebgen Dam construction
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#34-39, Hebgen Dam construction
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#40-45, Hebgen Dam construction
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#46-49, Hebgen Dam construction
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#50-55, Hebgen Dam construction
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#56-62, Hebgen Dam construction
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#63-71, Hebgen Dam construction
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#72-76, Hebgen Dam construction
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#77-84, Hebgen Dam construction
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#85-91, Hebgen Dam construction
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#92-99, Hebgen Dam construction
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#100-106, Hebgen Dam construction
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#107-112, Hebgen Dam construction
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#113-119, Hebgen Dam construction
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#120-126, Hebgen Dam construction
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#127-131, Hebgen Dam construction
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#132-139, Hebgen Dam construction
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#140-142, Hebgen Dam construction
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#143-149, Hebgen Dam construction
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#150-156, Hebgen Dam construction
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#157-163, Hebgen Dam construction
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#164-167, Hebgen Dam construction
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#168-173, Hebgen Dam construction
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#174-178, Hebgen Dam construction