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Title: Early construction of the Old Don Pedro Dam, circa 1922
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1922
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: One construction worker appears to build on of the wooden chutes used to convey concrete. Another man is visible by the large machine which is probably a cement mixer. The Old Don Pedro Dam was designed and constructed on the Tuolumne River, northeast of Turlock, California. The project began in 1921 and was completed in 1923. Almost 300,000 cubic yards of concrete was used to build the dam and spillway.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 7 x 9 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1489q887
cturs_251
Language: English
Subject: Construction workers--California
Dams--Design and construction--California
Place: Old Don Pedro Dam (Calif.)
Tuolumne River (Calif.)
Turlock (Calif.)

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