Arrowrock Dam in the Winter with Snow on the Ground and Water Shooting Out of Some Valves, after 1915

Item — Container: Small Collections Box 2

Staff Only

Content Description

From the File:

This collection contains postcards with black and white images depicting different parts of the completed Arrowrock Dam with handwritten captions explaining some parts and required maintenance. Also included are two postcards with images of the Shoshone Ice Caves in Shoshone, Idaho.

Dates

Other: after 1915

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open for research.

Extent

From the File: 11 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the File: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

There is also a cable strung across the dam with a what appears to be a connected platform. The back of the postcard contains a short, printed blurb about the U.S. Reclamation Service’s work on the dam. There is also a handwritten note that reads “no. 1 cable way when dam was completed had 3 of them. Crane on this picture too.”