988.027.18 Whatshan Dam Mudslide

Accession Num: 988.027.18

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Document Date: 1953-08- - --

Donors: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives

Keywords: 1950s, automobiles, BC Hydro, landslide/rockslide, Needles North Road, power station, Whatshan hydroelectric station, and Whatshan landslide (1953)

Locations: Needles

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (8.9 cm x 12.9 cm)

Notes:
Workers observing debris of landslide that destroyed Whatshan hydroelectric station, Needles North Road, Lower Arrow Lake just north of Needles, August 1953. Pickup truck partiallly covered by slide at right. The station was soon rebuilt.