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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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  • Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

    Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam

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    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.

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  • Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking South across central section of Shaver Lake Dam - showing upstream face

    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking South across central section of Shaver Lake Dam - showing upstream face

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    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking South across central section of Shaver Lake Dam - showing upstream face. - View from upstream side North end, showing status of construction during middle of second construction season. Form work for upper half of inspection gallery shown in center of nearest concrete block.

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  • Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

    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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  • Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking south across top of Shaver Lake Dam.

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    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam

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    Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - A view in the bottom of the main section of the Shaver Dam. The derrick in the upper right-hand corner is for the purpose of assisting in the erection of the main mixing plant. This view is looking down Stevenson Creek.

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