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Title: Folsom Dam, California
Date Created and/or Issued: 1990
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: Pictured in this circa 1990 postcard are three views of the Folsom Dam looking east toward Folsom Lake. Built by the United States Army Engineers, the dam provided flood control for the American River and created Folsom Lake. The dam's construction was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Ground broke on the site in 1948, and it was dedicated in 1956.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC900
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1828
Subject: Aerial Views
Lakes
Dams
Folsom, California

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