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Kaweah #1 - Watershed - Mineral King Dams

Description: Kaweah #1 - Watershed - Mineral King Dams - Close-up view of a top section of the upstream face of lower Franklin Dam taken from near north end, showing the checked and spalled condition of the neat cement plastering over the masonry joints in the face rock.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 8/4/1943
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 25703
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