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Photographer: James King
Taken: December 8, 2016
Caption: A Sackful of Sand and Gravel
Additional Description: To mark the significance of the
STATE WATER PROJECT
for the entire
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
a sackful of sand and gravel
from each of the counties
was used in the first concrete
placed in the core of
OROVILLE DAM
Symbolic contributions
came from the
58 COUNTIES
Alameda • Alpine • Amador • Butte • Calaveras • Colusa • Contra Costa • Del Norte • El Dorado • Fresno • Glenn • Humboldt • Imperial • Inyo • Kern • Kings • Lake • Lassen • Los Angeles • Madera • Marin • Mariposa • Mendocino • Merced • Modoc • Mono • Monterey • Napa • Nevada • Orange • Placer • Plumas • Riverside • Sacramento • San Benito • San Bernardino • San Diego • San Francisco • San Joaquin • San Luis Obispo • San Mateo • Santa Barbara • Santa Clara • Santa Cruz • Shasta • Sierra • Siskiyou • Solano • Sonoma • Stanislaus • Sutter • Tehama • Trinity • Tulare • Tuolumne • Ventura • Yolo • Yuba
EDMUND G. BROWN, GOVERNOR
State of California
illegible
Department of Water Resources
Submitted: February 19, 2017, by James King of San Miguel, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p375387
File Size: 4.327 Megabytes

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