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Title
Revetment
Construction
along
the
River
Date
1940
Description
A
work
crew
toils
away
at
constructing
a
portion
of the
revetment
along
the
Sacramento
River
in this
July
1940
photograph
.
Just
days
prior
to this,
Colonel
Warren
T
.
Hannum
of the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
declared
that the
Sacramento
Valley's
levee
system
had
faced
the "
supreme
test
" of a
very
rainy
winter
of
1939/40
and was a "
standing
monument
" to the
efficiency
of the
engineering
in the
region
. He also
lauded
the
maintenance
work
on the
levees
which
was the
sole
responsibility
of the
State
Government
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Subjects
Flood Control
Rivers
Sacramento River
Construction
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
284
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