Hume Lake Dam, Sequioa National Forest, Hume, Fresno County, CA

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Significance: Hume Lake Dam was the world's first reinforced a concrete multiple arch dam. Built to impound reservoir for the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company, today it is the only major surviving structure representing the Kings River Basin's redwood logging industry. It is significant for its innovative use of reinforced concrete and for its association with an important regional industry.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13

Survey number: HAER CA-16

Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1908-1909 Initial Construction

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1950

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Eastwood, John S

Hume-Bennett Lumber Company

U.S. Forest Service

State of California

Griffin, Douglas L, field team

Baer, Marjorie, project manager

Fosberg, Steve, sponsor

US Forest Service, sponsor

california , 36.78646, -118.91367

Library of Congress

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