Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam (called Kennett Dam before it was made),[1] is a dam on the Sacramento River in California. It was built from 1938 to 1945. It is 602 ft (183 m) high and 3,460 ft (1,055 m) long. It creates a lake called Shasta Lake. It is a popular spot for boating and fishing.
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The Pit River Valley, now under Shasta Lake, in 1941. The bridge visible near the bottom once carried U.S. Route 99 before it was replaced by the Pit River Bridge (from the deck of which this photo was taken).
The old mining town of Kennett, being inundated by the rising waters of Shasta Lake c. 1944
The Pit River Bridge, which was built to carry Interstate 5 and the Southern Pacific Railroad over Shasta
The Pacific Constructors camp, photographed in November 1940. The H-shaped building to the left is the mess hall, which could seat up to 2,000.
The initial $1 million check to construct Shasta Dam in 1938.
The Shasta Dam conveyor belt – the longest in the world
The main 465-foot (142 m) tower used to support the cableway system at the dam site
Construction work in June 1942, showing the empty middle section which would later become the spillway.
March 6, 1943 view of the dam, showing work on the power station (left of the river)
Inside the Shasta Dam powerhouse
References
- ↑ "Shasta Dam---Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams, Irrigation Projects, and Powerplants--Managing Water in the West". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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