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Photograph of the very start of land clearing for pool area.
1964-04-25
Aerial view of the clearing up the pool near Elk creek.
1968-04-25
Towers that work back & forth like a yo yo to hold the main gut, (4 1/2"" cable) that carries the 8 yd. concrete buckets for placement.
1968-04-25
The machine being assembled that will drill a hole 40 ft in diameter for the diversion tunnel. The whole thing was pushed through the mountain!
1965-04-25
Ground-breaking ceremony at the site. Here is Master of Ceremonies, A.B. Curtis, on the platform. Around 1,000 people attended.
1966-04-25
Yo yo work. Note on image: ""Yo Yo opr. N. West Co. Murphy N.C. Elk Cr. 8-3-67"" Note on back: "" Same place, date and operator as #702-705. More yo-yo work and you get the idea better here how the cats are tied together through the winch or...
1967-04-25
Photograph of the pool area, taken May 17.
1964-05-17
Photograph showing pit development and batch plant under way.
1967-04-25
Photograph showing clearing operations.
1966-04-25
Photograph of the lower end of the diversion tunnel.
1965-04-25
Photograph of the clearing operations showing the mouth of the diversion tunnel.
1965-04-25
Photograph of a couple of workers who work on the diversion tunnel.
1965-04-25
Photograph of the access road to the diversion tunnel.
1965-04-25
Photograph of the site area being cleared. On the very top side of clearing is an access road for getting back and forth. The hills are a little steep for getting up and down except with a tractor.
1964-04-25
Photograph taken in May. Batch plant & mini railroad system that hauls the concrete out to the cable towers.
1968-05-01
Diversion tunnel, fish catching facility, etc. Taken in May-telephoto lens
1968-05-01
Senator Len B. Jordan, A.B. Curtis, & Hiram Fong in Washington, D.C. Note on image: ""To Bert Curtis Best Regards and Good Luck on Bruce's Eddy Len Jordan 9-19-62""
1962-04-25
Good view of the start of key way construction. Note on back: "The strings of lights across the river are so they could work around the clock, and also note the diversion tunnel and building of the batch plant to run concrete to the job."
1965-04-25
Yo yo operation. The cat has a brush blade to get the debris & not dirt. Note on image: ""Yo yo work - Elk Cr. 8-3-67""
1967-08-03
Photograph of the pool area, taken May 17.
1964-05-17
Photograph of the clearing pool area, taken May 17.
1964-05-17
Photograph of the clearing operations.
1967-04-25
Photograph showing the clearing operation.
1967-04-25
Photograph showing water going through the mouth of the diversion tunnel.
1967-04-25
Photograph looking straight at the lower end of diversion tunnel. The floating logs come through the 40' bore.
1966-04-25
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