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Buffalo Bill Dam, Shoshone River Canyon, Cody, Park County, WY

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Buffalo Bill Dam, Shoshone River Canyon, Cody, Park County, WY

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Summary

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr
Significance: Buffalo Bill Dam was the world's tallest dam upon its completion in 1910, it was the first dam to be built using the trail-load analysis technique. Today it is the keystone for the Shoshone project which has opened up a large area of northwestern Wyoming's flat lands for farming.
Survey number: HAER WY-2
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Wisner, George Y

Bureau of Reclamation, Owner

Morris, Scott, transmitter

DeBoer, Ruth, transmitter

place

Location

Cody (Wyo.), 44.52634, -109.05653

Google Map of 44.52634219999999, -109.0565308

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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