Capital construction files. 1975-2001.

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Capital construction files. 1975-2001.

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Reports, specifications, graphs, and architectural drawings and plans detailing construction of the main building complex (1975), Northern Trek and entry area solar heating (1976), Northern Trek II (1977-1980), and the dolphinarium and tropical coral reef exhibit (1988), development of the south entry (1986), Discovery Bay closing (1996-2000), and Zoo Farm (1994-2001).

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In August, 1977, the zoo captured two beluga whales in the Churchill River near Hudson's Bay, Canada. The two whales, a male named Big Mouth and a female named Little Girl, were the major attractions when the zoo opened in 1978. In 1984, Big Mouth injured his jaw while chewing on a feeding platform or water pipe; x-rays in May, 1986, showed the infection had moved into the bone. On July 10, 1986, surgery was performed to shorten and reconstruct his jaw. The zoo announced on April 15, 1987 that B...