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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Middle section

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 10/24/1925
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 12855
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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, 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 and Dam No. 2

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On spine of album: Florence Lake and Dam. Construction of main river channel, "Frog Pond" section, River Gorge section, trench for buttress 52, Insley tower at Frog Pond, tunnel intake, Camp 64 Hospital and ambulance, construction on diversion dam for intake, proposed wood stave flowline from Florence to Shaver Lake, Camp 62, tunnel excavation, logging reservoir site, Camp 65 sawmill, Camp 60 warehouse. Photographer: Pacific Light & Power Corporation.

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Big Creek - Florence Lake Dam and Dam #2

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Big Creek - Florence Lake Dam and Dam #2 [Construction of Florence Dam, main river channel, "Frog Pond" section, River Gorge section, trench for buttress 52, Insley tower at Frog Pond, tunnel intake, Camp 64 Hospital and ambulance, construction on diversion dam for intake, proposed wood stave flowline from Florence to Shaver Lake, Camp 62, tunnel excavation, logging reservoir site, Camp 65 sawmill, Camp 60 warehouse]

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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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Florence dam construction

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Florence dam construction - Looking towards the cement warehouse showing the butresses and buttress heads in the tempory spillway section.

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Middle section

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