Klamath basin photographs and maps, circa 1946-1948.

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Klamath basin photographs and maps, circa 1946-1948.

Seven (7) black-and-white U.S. Bureau of Reclamation photographs relating to the Klamath Falls project of Oregon and California, circa 1946-1949. Captions accompany the photographs. Also includes three (3) maps of the Klamath Basin relating to projects and development and one (1) map of the Grand Coulee Dam and vicinity, circa 1946-1948.

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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...