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Description: Big Creek - [San Joaquin River, Blaney Meadows, Big Creek Lower Falls, Chiquito Creek, Granite Creek, Boggy Meadows, Gauge Houses, Banner & Ritter Peaks, Balloon Dome, Squaw Dome, Miller's Bridge, McClure Meadow, Sapphire Lake, Evolution Creek, Glaciers, Piute Creek, Pitman Creek Weir; Dam Sites - Mammoth Pool Reservoir, Forks Reservoir, Miller's Bridge Reservoir, Paradise Bar Reservoir, Wanda Lake, Desolation Lake, Stevenson Creek Test Dam, Shaver Lake; Stream gauging - recorders, stations, & field cabins for personnel; SJ&E Railroad accidents; miscellaneous Big Creek photos.]
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917-1926
Call number: photCL SCE 13 - vol 021
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