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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: February 3, 2009
Caption: Close-Up of Photo on Marker
Additional Description: WATER! once roared through here in the spring as melting snow fed the American River. By late summer the river nearly ran dry. In 1956 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built Folsom and Nimbus Dams to stop regional flooding and to provide a year-round supply of water and electricity for California’s farms and cities. Nimbus Hatchery was built to mitigate for the miles of spawning habitat now blocked by the dams.

Folsom Dam Construction, U.S.Bureau of Reclamation
Submitted: February 3, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p52054
File Size: 0.405 Megabytes

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