Lahontan Dam

Tech. - Lahontan Dam

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In northwestern Nevada, on the Carson River. It was one of the first irrigation projects carried out by the then-new Bureau of Reclamation, around the time of the First World War.
Pictures of Lahontan Reservoir are in a separate album.

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Lahontan Dam

View along the crest. Pre 9/11, you could walk out there, but now--

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Lahontan Dam

Nevada, USA. A Bureau of Reclamation project from around the time of WW I. It furnishes irrigation water to Fallon, Nev., and vicinity.

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Irrigation Ditch

Lahontan Dam. One of the very first reclamation projects in the western US, around the time of WW I.