Huntington Lake Dam construction Fresno California

Huntington Lake Dam construction Fresno California

Big Creek Project, 1911-1913 -- Photographs.; Big Creek-San Joaquin River Project, 1911-1913 -- Photographs.; Dams -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.; Flood control -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.; Fresno County (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 20th century -- Photographs.; Huntington Lake (Calif.) -- Photographs.; Huntington Lake Dam (Calif.) -- Photographs.

Picture of the dam construction on the Big Creek-San Joaquin River hydroelectric development on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The card is postmarked at Big Creek, California on 31 November 1912 meaning this is probably one of the three dams constructed between 1911 and 1913 to create the Huntington Lake Reservoir, the first reservoir built as part of the "Initial Development." The elaborate wooden trestlework was needed to hoist the mixed concrete and chute it down onto the work face.

1 Photographic print :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.

San Joaquin Valley Library System

ca 1912

Fresno County Public Library

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ca 1912