Detroit dam site, August, 1950, looked like this. This view was obtained at the site of the rock quarry high on
the southern slopes near the dam. From this height one can pick out the ribbon of the North Santiam highway
well toward the top of the picture, the rushing river and the arrow is pointing to beginnings of Detroit dam.
The jaw and gyrator crusher are in the immediate foreground. The conveyor belt stretches across the gulch,
and nine aggregate cribs hug the hillside at the left of the picture.
(Photo courtesy Capital Journal)
work of heean
on Detroit
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Detroit Dam, January, 1951. Seven mon * a ft., t.ten.iv*
foreground
this picture
came Dam
in for this
much is publicity
later.
Dam visitors saw The coffer dam m
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-"d harrassed C.B.I. contractors by
The North Santiam river topped this co
A
coff*r ((r diversion dam allowed silt laden water into the main
flooding and washing the project. A I
jRe jm pression of Detroit Dam continued for many months,
stream of the North Santiam river.
(Photo courtesy Capital Journal)
Detroit Dam, March, 1952. Arrow points to its maxim urn height on a level w ith the North Santiam highway 22.
This picture »as taken by pointing the camera dow nst ream towards Mill City. Most of Detroti Dam shown ill
this picture is now below water level.
(Photo courtesy Capital Journal)
Detroit Dam, November. 1952. Const ruction had reach si the stage where closure of the diversion tunnel was
the next step. Closure of the by-pass for North Santiam river signaled the flooding of Detroit reservoir and
the beginning of Iketnoit Lake.
(Photo courtesy Capital Journal)
DETROIT
Ry HOOTS CHAMPION
Capt. Joe
tson of the U. S. Ma
rines from South Carolina, visited at
the home of the G. J. (iestsons in
Idanha last week.
After a few days visit with hU par
ents in Milwaukee, he left Thursday
for California, enroute to Korea,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill, and son,
NEW
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Lloyd of Vancouver. Wash., were week
end visitors at the Harold Champion
home.
D. L. Rutherford from Gilchrist,
Ore., was a holiday visitor at the
Hariy Rutherford home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albeit N. Murdock of
Newton Highlands, Mass., were vis
itors in Idanha, and Detroit on Tues
day.
Mrs. Murdock, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Machale, stated that her
mother drowned in the North Santiam
river, about 50 years ago, and that
Detroit at that time was known as
Coe. She was adopted by the C. L.
Pomeroys, and wert East after the
tragedy.
Mrs. Murdock also named two other
old-timers: John Fox, who made his
home with them, and the Wallace
Heffron family.
Mrs. Murdock says she would be
happy to hear from anyone knowing
these families. This was her first
trip back here since the tragedy. Her
address is 22 Bush Hill road, Newton
Highlands, Mass.
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