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C.P.R. Dam Bassano Alta.

by: Alberta Photo: Publisher

Publication date: 1912

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Dam construction, Dams, Railroads, Bassano Dam (Alta.), Bow River (Alta.)

Publisher: Copyright Canada Alberta Photo Calgary

Language: English

View of construction of a dam on the Bow River near Bassano, Alberta shows trestle and concrete under construction. The dam was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway for irrigation purposes.

Notes

To: Walter Wheeler
From: B
Address: Springfield, U.S.A., Ohio, c/o S Kelly Co
Message: Bassano Alta 1/22/12. The $5000000 dam more than a mile long. Got into job threshing (for myself) first day here another day will let me out. B
Postmark Date: Bassano, Alta., 1912-09-22
Description: View of construction of a dam on the Bow River near Bassano, Alberta shows trestle and concrete under construction. The dam was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway for irrigation purposes.