Overlooking the Conconully Dam from Nearby Borrow Pit, ca. 1908
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Title
Overlooking the Conconully Dam from Nearby Borrow Pit , ca. 1908
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
This shot was taken from a bluff above one of the two borrow pits used in the construction of the Conconully Dam . To the left of the picture is the spillway , used to divert water from going over the top of the dam and eroding it during a flood . The trestled flumes , bringing rock-fill from the borrow pits to the site , are also in view . The Reservoir and surrounding hills stand in the background .
Subject
Dam Construction--Washington (State)--Conconully ; Dams--Washington (State)--Conconully ; Reservoirs--Washington (State)--Conconully ; Spillways--Washington (State)--Conconully ; Trestles--Washington (State)--Conconully ;
Date
1908~
Type
Image
Genre
Landscapes ; Progress photographs
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Conconully Reservoir
Identifier
pc035b2f48n57
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the 1913 death of the author.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
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