988.027.28 Whatshan Dam Mudslide

Accession Num: 988.027.28

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Document Date: 1953-08- - --

Donors: Greater Vernon Museum & Archives

Keywords: 1950s, automobiles, BC Hydro, landslide/rockslide, 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:
Landslide debris pushed up against building at Whatshan hydroelectric station, Needles North Road, Lower Arrow Lake just north of Needles, August 1953. Pickup truck trapped between slide and building. The slide destroyed the power station, which was soon rebuilt.