Name/Title
Relief DamEntry/Object ID
TP6805Description
A black and white photo of the Union Construction Co. Vallecito, Ca. Relief Dam Construction Camp. c.1906-09. During 1906 a road was built from Kennedy Meadows following the creek up to the Dam site. The road was too steep for long line teams to pull the loaded wagons up so two donkey engines operated with steam power were installed at the head of the two steepest places, a cable was connected to the wagon, the horses straddled the cable and walked on up, then proceeded on to the next donkey engine. With the exception of these two places the horses could handle the two wagons loaded with cement and deliver same at the camp. All material and supplies for the dam were handled this way, except during 1906 while the road was being built a pack train operated from Kennedy Meadows up over the old trail. Bill Batten, packer and Hi Pruett mail carrier.
Relief Dam is a rockfill dam on Summit Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Stanislaus River, in Tuolumne County, California. The dam is part of the Spring Gap-Stanislaus Hydroelectric Project, and is owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).[1][2]
Type: PaperCollection
TCHS - Tuolumne County Historical SocietyLexicon
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Construction Camp, Dams, Rivers, Meadows, Relief Dam, Union Construction Company, Stanislaus River, Middle Fork, Kennedy Meadows, Power, Water, Econ/Industry, Union Construction Co