Looking up the San Joaquin River Pollasky California

Looking up the San Joaquin River Pollasky California

Rivers -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.; San Joaquin River (Calif.) -- Photographs.

The San Joaquin River Basin encompasses nearly 15,000 square miles. The river's headwaters begin life as snow on the peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains seen in the background. Most of the Sierra's annual average 80 to 90 inches of snowpack eventually melts toward the valley floor during the summer. Friant Dam was built at Pollasky (called Friant after 1921) in the 1940s creating Millerton Lake. Because of the number and variety of individuals and groups it benefits, the San Joaquin River has earned the title of "California's hardest working and most fought-over waterway".

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

San Joaquin Valley Library System

ca 1907

Fresno County Public Library

This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the "fair use" clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the Fresno County Public Library, Heritage Center, 2420 Mariposa St, Fresno, CA 93721. Phone: 559-600-6230 HeritageCenter@fresnolibrary.org

SJV Photo Heritage

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ca 1907