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Title: Folsom Dam
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1955 postcard shows the newly constructed Folsom Dam northeast of Sacramento. Partly designed to control flooding from the American River, its construction was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Ground broke on the project in 1948.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC906
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1834
Subject: Aerial Views
Folsom, California
Dams
Lakes
Construction

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