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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

Description: Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - View of Shaver Dam, showing particularly Section 18, which was left low when work was stopped late in 1926 and to allow for spillway. This section is now being brought up along with the others but will be kept four feet lower for a while. The track running up along the face of the dam lengthwise of the picture is the one over which concrete will be supplied to one of the towers not shown in the picture and which tower will be out of reach of the chuting system. .
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 5/2/1927
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 14325
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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking northward across Stevenson Creek channel over excavation for Shaver Dam and showing in upper left-hand corner the trestle leading to the crushing plant. The secondary crusher, together with bins over which screens will be installed, is just beginning to show up in this picture. It will be interesting to compare this picture with those which I expect to have taken on September 1st as there will be quite a contrast and a large amount of work will be shown as having taken place during the month of August. .

photCL SCE 02 - 14047

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Close-up of excavation with Marion Electric shovel type 37 at Shaver Dam. The trestle in the upper left-hand corner is that over which rock from the quarry will be transported to the primary crushing plant.

photCL SCE 02 - 14041

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Northwest Gas Shovel at work in the excavation at the north end of the Shaver Lake Dam. The man standing just below the team of horses in the upper central part of the picture is at approximately elevation 5370, which will be the top of the Shaver Dam. The excavation at this point has been made wider than really necessary for the dam in ordcer to secure material to make the fill for the bottom of the storage piles.

photCL SCE 02 - 14020

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking south across top of Shaver Lake Dam. - Status of construction early in second season. Chuting system, mixing plant, cement-handling facilities, and original Shaver Dam are shown.

photCL SCE 02 - 14357

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking downstream at the upstream face of the dam, showing the main section completed. Almost the same view as A769, except there is some more of the dam shown at the south end; also the complete chuting line and counterweight chutes at the end on both the center tower and the south tower.

photCL SCE 02 - 14707

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Stevenson Creek - Close-up view of cutoff trench immediately north of first section being poured. The bridge in upper part of picture was used for transporting.

photCL SCE 02 - 14254

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