OPINION
ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Judge:
Two federal-tort-claims actions are brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) by the widows of divers who drowned while working on a Corps of Engineers dam.
In April 1966, Hills Creek Dam, 44 miles southeast of Eugene, Oregon, was undergoing a biannual overhaul. The work required the sealing of the penstock, the intake pipe which carried water from the reservoir to the generators. A heavy bulkhead, which could be raised...
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