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Picture of the dam construction on the Big Creek-San Joaquin River hydroelectric development on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The card is postmarked at Big Creek, California on 31 November 1912 meaning this is probably one of the three dams constructed between 1911 and 1913 to create the Huntington Lake Reservoir, the first reservoir built as part of the "Initial Development." The elaborate wooden trestlework was needed to hoist the mixed concrete and chute it down onto the work face.
Big Creek Project, 1911-1913--Photographs Big Creek-San Joaquin River Project, 1911-1913--Photographs Flood control--California--Fresno County--Photographs Dams--California--Fresno County--Photographs Huntington Lake Dam (Calif.)--Photographs Huntington Lake (Calif.)--Photographs Fresno County (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--20th century--Photographs
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