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Photos of the Dam site and construction, 1903 - 1922

 File — Box: MS246.02, Folder: MS246.2.04
Identifier: Folder MS246.2.04

Scope and Contents

P.246.86 The Shoshone River “Before”

P.246.87 Park Road View, S. Canyon

P.246.88 Looking upstream to Shoshone Dam site

P.246,89 Same as P.246.87

P.246.90 Government Camp at Dam site

P.246.91 Boring for bed rock  October 1904

P.246.92 Boring for bed rock  October 1904

P.246.93 Hanging bridge around road Tunnel # 2  October 1904

P.246.94 The site looking upstream  October 1904

P.246.95 South cliff below dam-site

P.246.96 Cole standing extreme left at head of canyon

P.246.97 Cole Tent in foreground

P.246.98 Canyon and road

P.246.99 Cave in big fault Feb 1905 Cole, Kirksey and Young (2 pictures)

P.246.100 High water July 3, 1909

P.246.101 Cabin site 200’ above Cole

P.246.102 Government camp  circa 1906

P.246.103 Suspended trail (same as the one in P.246.93)

P.246.104 Dam-site looking downstream – note suspension bridge above

P.246.105 17.3 feet over the dam  July 3, 1909

P.246.106 High water July 3, 1909  Missing is the noise and the motion

P.246.107 Excavating for the left abutment of the Dam June 11, 1906

P.246.108 Cross section of site of spillway  (2 photos)

P.246.109 Extinct Hot Springs Crater

P.246.110 Animal skull skeleton

P.246.111 Shoshone River

P.246.112 Shoshone River

P.246.113 Waits and Stewarts tent  1903

P.246.114 Suspension bridge  no date

P.246.115 Government Camp 1907

P.246.116 Canyon view

P.246.117 Formation on the north fork of the Shoshone  “Holy City”

P.246.118 Man on walkway (D.W.Cole ?)

P.246.119 Shoshone Dam July 4, 1913

P.246.120 Shoshone Dam July 4, 1913

P.246.121 Early June 1909  Before the flood

P.246.122 July 3, 1909 High water note swirl over upper inlet to tunnel

P.246.123 Looking upstream from new camp at dam-site

P.246.124 Government Camp 1907 – 1908

P.246.125 High water mark between the 1st and 2nd tunnels  1909?

P.246.126 Roadway thru tunnel  (2 photos)

P.246.127 Last stage Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.128 Last stage Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.129 Last stage Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.130 Last stage Dec 1909 – Jan 1910  D.W.Cole standing 3rd from right

P.246.131 Cranes and Suspension bridge

P.246.132 View of canyon

P.246.133 Shows right abutment

P.246.134 Looking down on dam from 1200 feet above in the spring of 1910

P.246.135 Loading car at the Dam

P.246.136 Shoshone River in 1905 at dam-site

P.246.137 Final stages of the Dam  Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.138 Final stages of the Dam  Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.139 Final stages of the Dam  Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.140 Final stages of the Dam  Dec 1909 – Jan 1910

P.246.141 Photos taken after the power plant was built  post 1922

P.246.142 Photos taken after the power plant was built  post 1922

P.246.143 Shoshone Dam and Cody Road

Dates

  • Created: 1903 - 1922

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Extent

From the Collection: 5.00 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

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