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4 unusual facts about Shasta Dam


Cecil J. Doty

During World War II Doty worked on major war effort projects like the Alcan Highway and Shasta Dam.

Kennett, California

Kennett was an important mining town in northern California, United States until it was flooded by Shasta Lake while Shasta Dam was being constructed.

Shasta Dam

It was also the second most massive dam measured by volume, exceeded only by Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington.

Tehama, California

Tehama is generally the first area in the county to flood during the rainy season, although flooding is now controlled by releases from Shasta Dam.


Allen Tupper True

Also in 1934, True also was hired as Consulting Artist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to lay out color schemes and create decorations for major power houses at the giant dams being built during the Thirties and early Forties (Hoover, Grand Coulee, Bonneville, Shasta, Friant and Minidoka).


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