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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View toward "Frog Pond Section" looking East across buttresses 12 to 18, showing forms in place and concrete placing for buttress 11
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View looking North showing erection of forms for construction above early spring work on Arches 13 & 14, excavation for Arch 15, tramway trestle, West mixing plant, and West chuting towers in background, interados forms being erected for Arch 13, and concrete placing for Buttress 12 in progress.
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View from in front of Arches
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View from in front of Arches - showing details of arch and buttress construction near foundations, looking Northeast from near the upstream surface of Arch 13. [Shop-built panel-type buttress forms are shown on buttresses 13, 14, and 15. Variable span interados form trusses are shown being erected for Arch 15.]
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View from about 500 feet upstream and looking N, showing plant and construction for river section of dam. (The derrick shown in the center foreground was used for handling all heavy construction material, particularly gates and racks. The East or river section chuting tower and mixing plant are at left center. Top of west chuting tower and mast for aggregate plant derrick can be seen in background. Angle buttress 49 shown to left of mixing plant.
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Middle section
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Middle section - View of site of west portion of middle section of dam, looking northwest from near the spillway location. (Concrete testing laboratory, machine and compressor shop, and cement warehouse are shown in background. Excavation for Arch and Buttress foundation is shown in progress; also first buttress form. Tramway is shown between excavation and buildings.
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Building buttress forms
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Building buttress forms - Buttress #21.
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - First two Arches & Buttresses at Florence Lake Dam
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - First two Arches & Buttresses at Florence Lake Dam - West section view looking north towards arches 13, & 14; showing concrete placed during early Spring to elevation approx. 7230', salvaged rail from florence tunnel which was used for heavy cantilever reinforcing, extrados panel forms, tramway trestle in background, the concrete mixing plant which served the west portion of the dam, and the west section chuting tower.
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