Map of Proposed Big Hollow Lake
Map of Lake With Fishing Information
DAM CONSTRUCTION.
On a daily basis the Des Moines County Conservation Staff has forwarded photos of the Big Hollow Dam Construction Project.
Below are those photos for your review of the construction process and our progress.
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Big Hollow & Vision Iowa Sign at Entrance to Park |
Ground Breaking - December 19, 2007 |
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Lake Bed by Dam Area Prior to Work Beginning |
Lake Bed by Dam Area Prior to Work Beginning |
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Equipment Arriving at Big Hollow for Dam Construction |
Lake Bottom Just Up From The Dam Location |
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North Side of New Lake Looking South Into Lake Bed |
From New Dam Looking East |
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Lake Bed Looking West Toward Dam Site |
Track Hoe Moving In To Move Some Dirt! |
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Looking North At The Actual Dam Site - Your On The Dam |
Lake Bed Looking South West At Dam Site |
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Lot's Of Work Going On! |
On The New Dam Site Looking South From Center Line |
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Lake Bed Looking West Toward Dam |
Bank Armoring - S. Side of Lake Water Line |
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Bank Armoring - S. Side of Lake Water Line |
Mother Nature At Work |
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Filling in Lime Kiln w/Pea Gravel |
Lime Kiln Filling w/Pea Gravel |
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North Side of Dam Looking East |
North Side of Dam Looking East - Again |
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Clearing Brush on East Side of Dam |
At Dam Looking South |
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Digging the Footing for the Overflow Tube |
Completed Overflow Tube Footing Waiting for Pour |
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| Bottoms South of Beach Area | Beach Area | |
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| Outlet Pipe - Pour 1 - View 1 | Outlet Pipe - Pour 1 View 2 | |
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| Outlet Pipe - Pour 1 - View 3 | Outlet Pipe - Pour 1 - View 6 | |
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| Digging Test Hole | Blue Clay found in Test Dig | |
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| Outlet Pipe and Access Road | Burning Stumps and Timber | |
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| Laying Topsoil For Future Use | Scraping Clay To Put On Access Road | |
 View of Dam Site from East |
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| Beginning of 40 Foot Inlet Pipe | ||
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 Progress in Motion |
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| Inlet Pipe Structure | ||
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| Inlet Pipe Continues | Cement pour for entrance of overflow tube | |
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| Cement pour of overflow tube continues | Overflow tube from the inside | |
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| Finished cement pour for overflow tube looking East | Overflow tube exiting out of dam | |
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| Getting ready to form for last cement pour | top of overflow tube | |
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| Project at a distance | Starting to look like a lake? | |
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| Must be a fishing spot! It's been GPS'd. | Use your imagination | |
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| Just a different view! | Big Hollow Creek? Water needs to be diverted. | |
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| Some Things are 'Looking Up' | Now check it out from the side! | |
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| Boat Ramp Parking Area | New Beach Area. | |
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| Plunge Pool Construction | Dam site North side looking South | |
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| Filling in old stream bed | Filling in old stream bed. Lots of earth needed. | |
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| Plunge Pool | Rip Rap for the Plunge Pool | |
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| South side of Dam looking North | Fishing Jettie | |
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| Fishing Jettie - Different Angle | Fishing Jetty - Rip Rap for Sunfish and Chips for Crappie! | |
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| Is that overflow tube getting shorter? | Lots of Earthwork! | |
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| Creek Water into the Plunge Pool | Makes more sense from this angle! | |
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| Plunge Pool Filling | Dam building and makes the creek pool on the upside. | |
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| Where's all that earth coming from? | Building one of the Fish Jetties | |
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| A Borrow Pit - That's where all the earth came from. | Will this be the deepest part of Big Hollow Lake? | |
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| Not the Lake! Just a backed-up creek! | Beach under construction. | |
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| Parking Lot for when you use the beach. | Beach & Parking Lot | |
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| Old bridge and fishing jetties. (Good fishing structure?) | Bridge, jetties and beach | |
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| Canoe Launch | Fishing structure, jetties and high water mark. | |
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| Boat Ramp Construction | Where Your Wheels Will Hit the Lake Bed! | |
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| Erosion Control - Grass Seeding | Grass Seed - Ready to Grow | |
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| More Seeding | Borrow Continues | |
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| Dam! | Mother Earth - Shake, Rattle & Roll | |
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| Top of Dam | Earth Work Continues | |
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| How Much Higher Do We Need To Go? | Just A Couple More Buckets Full! | |
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| Water Is Back In Its Banks | Almost There! | |
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| Borrow Pit | Borrow Pit | |
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| Borrow Pit - 60 ft depth | Borrow Pit | |
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| Borrow Pit | Borrow Pit | |
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| Top Soil Being Placed on Dam | Looking East From Dam - Lake Filling | |
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| More Borrow Pit | Lot's of Fill Needed! | |
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| Topsoil Being Placed On Dam for Seeding | Again! | |
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| This Will All Be Under The Water | More Borrow Pit | |
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| Looking Toward Observatory on New Main Entrance Road | Boat Ramp | |
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| Boat Dock - Waiting for Boats | Will Be the Channel To the Lake | |
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| Old Bridge - Scrapped! | Old Bridge Abutment | |
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| Beach Area - Sands Being Placed | 10, 500 Ton of Sand | |
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| Sand Before Being Spread | Spreading the Sand | |
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| Boat Ramp Parking Lot | Boat Ramp Parking Lot | |
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| Still More of the Boat Ramp Parking Lot | Another View of Parking Lot | |
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| First Ice Ever on New Lake | On Dam Looking South | |
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| On Dam Looking East | On Dam Looking East | |
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| Borrow Pit Under Water | Looking East From Dam At Borrow Pit | |
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| On Dam Looking East - Main Body of Lake | On Dam Looking East - Main Body of Lake | |
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| Snowfall On The Lake | General Photos of Lake With Snow On Ice | |
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| Plunge Pool Iced Over | North Side Of Dam Looking South With Snow Cover | |
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| Looking For Ice Fisherman | Same Photo With No Snow | |
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| Borrow Pits Frozen Over | Lake's Will Be Full At The Rocks | |
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| Mark & Clar | South Side Of Dam Looking North | |
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| South Side of Dam Looking North | Overflow | |
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| Overflow | Erosion Control - Excelsior Matt, Back of Dam | |
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| Fishing Jetty Looking Toward Dam | ||
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| Snake Den Cave - In Channel Going To Lake | ||
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THESE PICTURES OF OUR CONSTRUCTION TAKE YOU FROM GROUNDBREAKING THRU MARCH 09 2009. I'LL UPDATE AGAIN WHEN I HAVE NEW MATERIAL. KEEP WATCHING! UPDATED 03-12-09  Click here to go back to top of page Click here to go back to Home Page |
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