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Shasta Dam
Aerial view of Shasta Dam
About this dam
Built
1938-1945
Purpose
Irrigation, Hydroelectric, Recreation, Navigation, Water Supply
River
Sacramento River
Agency
Bureau of Reclamation
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Communities displaced by this dam
(7)
Baird, California
Copper City, California
Elmore, California
Kennett, California
Morley, California
Pitt, California
Winthrop, California
Sources
https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=241
https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/shasta-dam#:~:text=Shasta%20Dam%20and%20Operations,between%20355%2C000%20and%20710%2C000%20homes
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https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/docs/shasta-dam.pdf