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Title: Folsom Lake
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
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-1955 photograph shows Folsom Lake, Folsom Dam and an unpaved boat ramp. In the distance and across the lake is Beal's Point. Mentioned as early as 1851 in the Sacramento Union, the area had been Beal's Bar up until the creation of Folsom Dam, which -- dedicated in May 1956 -- inundated the American River and its approaches.
Type: image
Identifier: 1793
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2641
Subject: Folsom, California
Lakes
Dams
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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