Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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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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 - 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 - Close-up of river section, Arches 53 & 55 shown badly scuffed.
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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 - View toward "Frog Pond Section" looking East across buttresses 12 to 18, showing forms in place and concrete placing for buttress 11. [Tramway trestle, mixing plant and chuting tower are shown in left foreground. The large building shown beyond the end of the trestle is a cement storage warehouse used to store cement for spring work in 1926, before roads were open for transportation. A "lift" of buttress panel forms is being placed on buttress 12 in foreground. Variable-span sectional trusses for supporting interados from sheathing shown at lower right.]
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