2008.012.45 Shovel over bank, Needles?

Accession Num: 2008.012.45

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Document Date: 1953-08- - --

Donors: Dave Rollins

Creators: Charlie Rollins

Keywords: 1950s, accidents, BC Hydro, bulldozer, excavator, landslide/rockslide, logging trucks, Lower Arrow Lake, Needles North Road, power station, Whatshan hydroelectric station, and Whatshan landslide (1953)

Locations: Needles

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (11.6 cm x 7.0 cm)

Notes:
Heavy machinery lying in ditch along access road to Whatshan hydroelectric plant, 1953. Equipment was intended to help clear landslide debris blocking Whatshan Dam hydroelectric tunnel at mouth facing Lower Arrow Lake, August 1953.

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