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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 6/23/1925
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 12646
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

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 - View showing details of shop-built, panel

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View showing details of shop-built, panel-type extrados forms, and built-in-place intrados forms on Arches 13 &14; also forms for Buttresses 12, 13 &14. [Intrados reinforcing steel has been placed for Arch 13. Buttress head reinforcing also shown for junction between Arches 13-14 and 14-15.]

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Closer view, looking west across river section from near Buttress 56. (Excavation for Arches 50, 51, & 52 shown ready for forms. Placing of lift in Buttress 55 has just been completed. Chutes shown in position for placing in Buttress 53.

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Closer view of arch and buttress construction in river section, looking west from approximately the upstream face of arch 56. (Intrados forms for Arch 49 and completed footing trench for Arch 50 are shown in background.

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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

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View of river section looking N (downstream) from approximately the upstream face of Arch 53, showing heavy reinforcing at junction of Buttresses 53 & 54, with arches 52, 53, & 54 (highest portion of dam), interados form trusses and studding for lower lifts on Arch 54, and counterweighted placing chutes in position for concreting a lift in Buttress 54.

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