Shasta Dam construction photographs [graphic] / taken by Howard Colby. 1938-1945.
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...
Colby, Howard D.
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Howard Colby was hired by Pacific Constructors, the builders of Shasta Dam, to document the dam's construction. Shasta Dam was one of the first major structures completed as part of the Central Valley Project. From the description of Shasta Dam construction photographs [graphic] / taken by Howard Colby. 1938-1945. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 50825383 ...
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
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Pacific Constructors, Inc.
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Biographical/Historical note Early on during World War II, the Pentagon declared the Shasta Dam project to be an AA-1 defense related project, thereby receiving priority status in the acquisition of money, materials, and labor. While the urgency of generating electrical power for the war effort focused attention on Shasta Dam, the main purpose in its construction lay in the attempt to solve California’s historic water problems. Shasta Dam wou...
