Visual Materials
Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam
- Description
- Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Buttresses as poured for winter in temporary spillway.
- Date
- 10/24/1925
- Call number
- photCL SCE 02 - 12851
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - A view of apron as poured in permanent spillway.
photCL SCE 02 - 12852
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Construction of multiple-arch dam in River Section. [Concrete for buttresses being poured]
photCL SCE 02 - 12710
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Chipping spillway for gunite at Florence Dam.
photCL SCE 02 - 23132
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Florence Lake Dam spillway - view below dam.
photCL SCE 02 - 14368
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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View of site of east abutment of Dam, looking easterly from point near Arch 51; showing uncompleted excavation for Arches and Buttresses 54 to 58 incl. (headforms shown in background supporting temporary construction cableway, used for transporting construction materials and equipment.)
photCL SCE 02 - 23549
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Florence dam construction - View showing the buttresses as poured for the winter in the temporary spillway section. The concrete was poured in these places in order to prevent the trenches from filling up during the winter with dirt, rock, etc., and also to prevent being filled up in case of spill at this point next year.
photCL SCE 10 - 00027