1896 Austrian Gulch

Name/Title

1896 Austrian Gulch

Entry/Object ID

MTN018

Description

Members of the German colony at Wrights Station, building the road to the Austrian Gulch dam. Construction on the dam was complete in 1950, many years after Wright's Station became a ghost town. Below the reservoir are the remains of Austrian Gulch and Germantown settlements. The dam is more than 900 feet long and 180 feet high. MTN018

Collection

Mountain Communities

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1896

Dimensions

Height

8.19 cm

Width

8.42 cm

Location

* Untyped Location

Museums of Los Gatos

Copyright

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