A Mighty Big Dam

Dam construction created lots of business for railroads, so Southern Pacific was happy to hype Shasta Dam, whose construction began in 1937 and continued through 1944. It is clearly incomplete in these photos, which were probably taken in around 1940 or 1941.

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West twice mentions the ten-mile-long conveyor system that was built to bring millions of tons of rock and aggregate to the dam site. It doesn’t mention that this was built by Henry J. Kaiser, the sand-and-gravel subcontractor for the dam, because the rates quoted to him by Southern Pacific for moving that much rock were too high! SP lost a lot of business, as indicated by West‘s statement that the belt will move millions of tons of aggregate.
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At the same time, as a part of the dam construction, many miles of SP’s route were completely rebuilt at the government’s expense. I am sure the railroad was happy about that.

Southern Pacific marketing department was frustratingly inconsistent with dating its issues of West: some issues have the month and year; some have the year with a number, and some have no date at all. This one has no date and the only clue is that this was put out on the first anniversary of West. That’s not much help since none of the issues I’ve seen claim to be the inaugural edition, but the earliest dates I have are from 1940, so I’m dating this one to 1941.


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