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Shasta Dam construction photographs [graphic]/
BANC PIC 2001.050--PICLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Shasta Dam construction photographs

Creator/Contributor:

Colby, W. Howard., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Pacific Constructors, Inc

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Bureau of Reclamation.

Abstract:

Views of various stages and aspects of the construction of Shasta Dam, showing laborers and other personnel, machinery, transportation methods, and construction progress.

Date:

1938-1945 (issued)

Subject:

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Central Valley Project (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Dams -- Design and construction -- California -- Photographs
Blue collar workers -- California -- Photographs
Hydroelectric power plants -- California -- Photographs
Water resources development -- California -- Photographs
Shasta Dam (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

taken by Howard Colby.
Title supplied by cataloger
Date supplied by cataloger, based on years of dam construction.
All photographs are stamped on versos, "Official photograph, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation".
Howard Colby was hired by Pacific Constructors, the builders of Shasta Dam, to document the dam's construction. Shasta Dam was one of the first major structures completed as part of the Central Valley Project.

Type:

graphic
Progress photographs.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
26 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2001.050--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California