Accession Num: 988.027.15
Negative Code:
Extent:
Document Date: 1953-08- - --
Donors: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives
Keywords: 1950s, BC Hydro, landslide/rockslide, Needles North Road, power station, Whatshan hydroelectric station, and Whatshan landslide (1953)
Locations: Needles
Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (11.5 cm x 7.0 cm)
Notes:
BC Power Commission employees standing at gate across road to Whatshan hydroelectric station, Needles North Road, Lower Arrow Lake just north of Needles, August 1953. The site was closed off following a landslide that destroyed the station, which was soon rebuilt. Housing in background.