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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View from in front of Arches

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Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - View from in front of Arches - showing details of arch and buttress construction near foundations, looking Northeast from near the upstream surface of Arch 13. [Shop-built panel-type buttress forms are shown on buttresses 13, 14, and 15. Variable span interados form trusses are shown being erected for Arch 15.]
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Date
7/1/1925
Call number
photCL SCE 02 - 12617
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