Morning view of the check dam, Camp 9 bridge, and the penstock – image 1
Location:
Old Camp 9 check dam
Status:
Live River
By:
Larry Orman
Date:
July 24, 1971
Description:
The Stanislaus was dammed upstream of Camp 9 and water diverted into a forebay on top of the mountain in this view. A penstock (pipe) came down to turbines and when water was released, it generated power and it made created raftable flows in the river – once the morning release filled up the check dam. This is the first in a series of three images showing how this worked,
Keywords:
Rafting, River
Collection:
Larry Orman's Collection
Rights:
Copyright Larry Orman 1974
Date uploaded: Sep 13, 2018
Date last modified: Sep 13, 2018