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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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Date
11/6/1926
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photCL SCE 02 - 22942
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