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Folsom Water Power Company Dam from the West Bank of the American River
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Folsom Water Power Company Dam from the West Bank of the American River
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Title
Folsom
Water
Power
Company
Dam
from the
West
Bank
of the
American
River
Date
1895
Description
The
Folsom
Water
Power
Company’s
granite
dam
is
visible
in this
circa
1895
photograph
.
Resting
some
210-feet
above
sea
level
, the
dam
was
89
feet
high
,
650
feet
wide
,
contained
48,500
cubic
yards
of
granite
, and
could
withstand
up
to
7,979
tons
in
force
.
It
was
built
, in
part
, by
convicts
at the
Folsom
State
Prison
who
were
paid
50
cents
a
day
for their
efforts
.
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.
City/County
Folsom
Subjects
Rivers
American River
Prisons
Folsom, California
Dams
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
2213a
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