Reclamation History

Previously featured historic photographs from Reclamation's photo collection.

ARCHIVE NO. 1

All female survey crew - Minidoka Project, Idaho 1918.

U.S. Reclamation Service train on the Boise-Arrowrock route, Boise Project, 1912

The fruits of the harvest - Umatilla Project, 1914

Inside the power house on the Minidoka Project, 1914

Spillway - Eastpark Dam, Orland Project.

Construction crew - Boise Project, 1906

ARCHIVE NO. 2

Upstream face of Hoover Dam, Boulder Canyon Project, 1935..

Waiting for water on the Grand Valley Project, Colorado. The home of B. B. Freeman and family, who had been waiting for water for six years. 1913.

Fifty-nine and a half pound watermelon grown by Robert Cox. Grand Valley Project, Colorado, 1925.

Measuring stream flows on the West Carson River. Newlands Project, 1901.

Dedication of the Truckee River Diversion Dam. Newlands Project, Nevada, 1905.

Lahontan Dam spillway. Newlands Project, Nevada, 1922.

ARCHIVE NO. 3

Workmen at Construction Camp No. 1, Grand Valley Project, Colorado, 1913.

Dragline excavator - Highline Canal, Grand Valley Project, Colorado, 1914.

Reclamation Company Store, Salt River Project, Arizona, 1906.

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Colorado River, Grand Valley Project, Colorado, 1916.

Construction Office, Yuma Project, Arizona, 1906.

Grand Coulee Dam at Night, Columbia Basin Project, Washington, 1961.

ARCHIVE NO. 4

Sun River Diversion Dam, Sun River Project, Montana. Date unknown

Waddell Dam - Central Arizona Project. Inundated by New Waddell Dam. Date unknown

Owyhee Dam - Owyhee Project, Oregon. Date unknown.

Arrowrock Dam - Boise Project, Idaho. Date unknown.

Power plant, Boise River Diversion Dam - Boise Project, Idaho. About 1914.

Dam tenders house - Pathfinder Dam, North Platte Project, Wyoming, About 1906

ARCHIVE NO. 5

Generator at Roosevelt Dam - Salt River Project, 1907.

One-hundred, ninety pound nut and bolt, one of 16 used to join sections of the generator shaft of a 75,000 kW generator - Grand Coulee Dam, 1942

Staged fault test in the 230 kV switchyard at Parker Dam, 1947.

One-hundred, sixteen inch Bell type turbine runner. Siphon Drop Power Plant, Yuma Project, 1926.

Early transmission lines and tower - Salt River Project, 1909. Walter Lubkin photo.

President John F. Kennedy greets Jamie Damon of Pierre, SD at the dedication of Oahe Dam in August 1962.

ARCHIVE NO. 6

Waiting for work - Boulder Canyon Project. About 1931.

Construction at Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River Basin Storage Project, 1963.

Interior - Minidoka Powerplant, Minidoka Project, 1914.

Headquarters - Sunnyside Canal, Yakima Project, 1907.

First aid station and ambulance, Boulder Canyon Project, 1932.

ARCHIVE NO. 7

Interior - Roosevelt Dam Powerhouse, Salt River Project. Date unknown.

Native American high-scalers, Boulder Canyon Project

Fruit exhibit at the Idaho Intermountain Fair. Boise Project

Man holding sugar beets from the Merrill Ranch. Klamath Project, 1910

Drilling jumbo. Boulder Canyon Project

Powerhouse construction. Boulder Canyon Project

ARCHIVE NO. 8

Outlet tower - Hondo Reservoir. Date 1907.

Sun River Diversion Dam, Sun River Project, Montana. Date: 1920

Hoover Dam. Photo by Ansel Adams. Date: 1941

Buffalo Bill Dam, Shoshone Project, Wyoming. Date 1918

Upstream face of Hoover Dam. Date: 1935 or 1936

Outlet tunnel, Conconully Dam, Okanogan Project, Washington. Date: 1908

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