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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 8/3/1925
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 12734
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Shaver Lake Dam - Pouring foundation

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Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Shaver Lake Dam - Pouring foundation. South abutment excavation, early concrete work, and construction plant for Shaver Dam in the fall of 1926. Mixing plant and aggregate handling trestle in middle foreground. Single-compartment chuting towers at right and left. Double-compartment tower in center. (B458)

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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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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - General view of Frog Pond section, tower and mixing plant.

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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.

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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 - 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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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.

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