Dworshak Dam project. - Cleaning bedrock at base of dam site. November 1966. 35mm black and white film negative, 1966-11-01
Scope and Contents
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: 1966-11-01
Creator
- From the Collection: Curtis, Albert Bruce, 1903-1985 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 item : Photograph of the very bottom of the dam, elevation about 985 above sea level. Here you see men cleaning up the bedrock and solid granite just as you would clean the kitchen floor. It is at this very spot that the concrete started to pour into the base. You can see the clean granite formation, base of dam, just before the concrete was put in.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository