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Title: Proposed Deep Water Ship Channel Connecting Suisun Bay to Sacramento
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
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 1951 photograph shows the proposed deep water ship channel project, intended to connect Sacramento's Lake Washington to Suisun Bay. Prior to the 1963 completion of the channel, the transport of goods was done primarily through rail and barge. The Yolo Port District's belt railroad -- between 1951 and 1957 -- could claim a 20-fold increase in the number of loaded cars.
Type: image
Identifier: 648a
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1278
Subject: Harbors
Rivers
Aerial Views
Sacramento River
West Sacramento, California
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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