Word: kepner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holding it. The new solution is a lake lining of seepage-proof polyethylene plastic only six millimeters thick (asphalt and clay break up under water after a time; cement is too expensive). The two top companies in the field, both in California, are Palco, Inc. of Indio and Kepner Plastics of Torrance. In a bulldozed lake basin, plastic is laid down in strips up to 40 ft. wide and 400 ft. long at the rate of about half an acre a day. The strips are sealed together (one company uses heat, the other mastic and tape). The resulting seams...
Both lakemaking companies are beginning to receive inquiries and orders from dry spots as far afield as Australia and Trinidad. Biggest splash so far has been Kepner's 20-acre lake at California City, which was completed last year at a cost of $45,000; Palco is currently negotiating for two other California lakes of 80 to 100 acres each...