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Title
Folsom Dam Activity
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1950-1955
Contributing Institution
Center for Sacramento History
Collection
Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Notes with photo indicate: Trucks, power shovels, scrapers, bulldozers and men who move mountains are swarming over the Folsom Dam site as the giant project begins to take shape. A shovel (subject photo) bites rock and dirt out of one of the abutment sites. In the background, the American River flows by. Approximately 500 persons visit the project each weekend.
Type
image
Identifier
B8E3575D-2171-442B-A123-772972132578
1983/001/SBPM06345
Subject
Folsom Dam
Folsom Lake
Folsom, Ca
Sacramento County

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