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[Jackson Lake Dam]
Group of Photos Documenting Construction of the Teton-Area Project, 1910s
Silver prints (43)
Each 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
A few with manuscript captions verso.
A few with manuscript captions verso.
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An interesting group of photos documenting construction of the Jackson Lake Dam. Both the lake and the Dam are situated within Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. After the failure...
An interesting group of photos documenting construction of the Jackson Lake Dam. Both the lake and the Dam are situated within Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
After the failure of the first Jackson Lake Dam in 1910, a log-crib dam built in 1907, the Bureau of Reclamation began construction of a concrete and earth filled dam that was built in stages between 1911 and 1916. The new dam was designed by Frank A. Banks, who would later supervise the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The Reclamation Service built their own camp that housed and fed the dam workers, and even included a hospital. The campsite is visible in many of the present photos.
The dam was constructed primarily to regulate the water level in the lake, in order to help promote farming in Idaho through irrigation, as part of the Minidoka Project. It was meant to ease pressure on the local homesteaders who were struggling to maintain their 160-acre farms without sufficient water. These homesteaders would be expected to pay back the cost of the dam within 10 years of its completion.
After the failure of the first Jackson Lake Dam in 1910, a log-crib dam built in 1907, the Bureau of Reclamation began construction of a concrete and earth filled dam that was built in stages between 1911 and 1916. The new dam was designed by Frank A. Banks, who would later supervise the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The Reclamation Service built their own camp that housed and fed the dam workers, and even included a hospital. The campsite is visible in many of the present photos.
The dam was constructed primarily to regulate the water level in the lake, in order to help promote farming in Idaho through irrigation, as part of the Minidoka Project. It was meant to ease pressure on the local homesteaders who were struggling to maintain their 160-acre farms without sufficient water. These homesteaders would be expected to pay back the cost of the dam within 10 years of its completion.