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Big Creek Dam #2

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Big Creek Dam #2

Description: Big Creek Dam #2 - Upstream side - Showing low level of Huntington Lake at this date, and the beginning of construction on trestle to be used when raising height of Dam #2.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 12/7/1916
Call number: photCL SCE 03 - 00791
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