Clark, William Photograph Album

Collection Number: MC331

A photographic album documenting the controversial construction of the dam at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite Valley. The album was created by William Clark, a railroad signalman who worked on the project in the 1920s. The album contains 79 black and white photographs, showing blasting at the site and workers laboring on the dam, as well as large trees being moved out of the valley on trains.

Finding Aid

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Inclusive Dates

1920s

Extent

1 item

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