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Dworshak Dam Project. - Concrete plant. May 1968. Photographer: A.B. Curtis. 35mm color negative, 1968-05-01

 Item — Object: 13-00832

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is comprised of just under 10,000 images taken by A.B. Curtis depicting forest management practices, forest fires and their effects, members of the association and other forest officials, forestry personnel and equipment, logging activity, recreational development, scenic views, and other activities and events in the areas administered by the Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association. Notable subjects include images of the North Fork of the Clearwater River before Dworshak Dam was built which flooded the stream to make Dworshak Reservoir.

Formats include color and black and white negatives, color slides, and prints. Many images include a print and negative both. Descriptions are based on retroactive descriptions typed by Curtis and inlcuded at the time of the donation of images. In some cases, personal thoughts or more back stories provided by Curtis are listed that weren't included or were condensed down to make our inventory.

About 200 images from this collection and about 300 items from the related Albert Bruce Curtis papers MG 147, and other collections, were digitized to create the Dworshak Dam Collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968-05-01

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 item : Photograph taken in May. Shows top of the batch plant where they mixed the concrete. Note on reverse reads 'Note one of the cable towers at the extreme downstream end of the track. This would indicate that they were placing concrete on the very downstream edge of the dam. Also seen is some of the crushed rock used for concrete -- the long tubes carries fly ash, a cement ingredient from Chicago that sets the concrete and makes it harder.'

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository