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    The Building of the Oroville Dam
    The Building of the Oroville Dam
    The Building of the Oroville Dam
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    The Building of the Oroville Dam

    By Larry R. Matthews

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    In the early 1960s, thousands of construction workers and their families came to Oroville, in Northern California, to help build the largest earth-fill dam in the world. Located nine miles northeast of town, the Oroville Dam would be the cornerstone of the California State Water Project, which would provide flood control, electric power, recreation, and water to California residents. The project was so massive that it would reinvent the look of much of the area; require the building of roads, bridges, and railroads; inundate much of the area's history under hundreds of feet of water; and greatly effect the lives of the residents of Oroville. The successful completion of the project came at a price--34 construction workers died.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateJan 20, 2014
    ISBN9781439644546
    The Building of the Oroville Dam
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    Larry R. Matthews

    Author Larry R. Matthews has been writing about Northern California history since 1998 and is the author of Arcadia's The Building of the Oroville Dam book. Author Scott C. Roberts enjoys uncovering local history and exploring historical sites and also helped in the research for the Oroville Dam book. Some images in this book came from various museums and historical societies. A large portion of the images were contributed by those who resided in the communities covered by this book.

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