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Title: Sacramento Weir Gates Opened
Creator: State of California
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950-1950
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: A man opens one of the Sacramento Weir gates at night while spectators look down from above. Text accompanying photo: "State Engineer Edward Hyatt ordered the Sacramento Weir Gates opened at midnight last night when the Sacramento River rose to 28.3 feet. Opening the gates lowered the river two feet at Sacramento."
Type: image
Identifier: 98AD6B4B-ACE0-4507-AB08-379668079003
1983/001/SBPM05691
Subject: Sacramento River
Hyatt, Edward

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