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File:Photocopy of construction drawing, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 1912 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "PLAN OF HAER WA-79-34.tif

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Photocopy of construction drawing, U.S. Reclamation Service, August 1912 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "PLAN OF SHOPS" - Kachess Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90 , Easton, Kittitas County, WA
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Avery, Christine, transmitter
Depicted place Washington; Kittitas County; Easton
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 8 x 10 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WA-79-34
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The dam and reservoir provide nearly a quarter of the water stored for the Yakima Project, which irrigates the Yakima Valley in central Washington. The valley, while blessed with a greater natural water supply than most arid regions, required an integrated, valley-wide system dependent on stored water in order to realize its agricultural potential. Private irrigation companies lacked the capitol and the engineering expertise to make such an investment in the valley, but the 1902 Newlands Act enabled the U.S. Reclamation Service to do so...
  • Survey number: HAER WA-79
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wa0418.photos.224917p
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