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Description
2010-0714. Shows partially completed dam consisting of wall of granite slabs stretching across American River. Hoisting machinery visible on left. Prisoners in striped pants visible along top. Road and guard tower in background. Built by Folsom Water Power Company between 1880 and 1893. Labor consisted of convicts supplied by newly built Folsom Prison.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on card mount ; image 7 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. on mount 8 x 10 in.
Identifier
(C)001393389CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-6753
Language
English
Subject
Dam construction--California--Folsom Prisoners--California--Folsom Dams--California--Sacramento County Hoisting machinery Folsom Dam (Calif.)--Photographs American River (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California Folsom Sacramento County Folsom Dam (Calif.) American River (Calif.)
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