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Steel plate from the Lower Otay Dam washed 10 miles downstream when the dam failed, January 1916.
Steel plate from the Lower Otay Dam washed 10 miles downstream when the dam failed,January 1916.

Workers assembling a wood stave pipeline, near Chollas Reservoir.
Workers assembling a wood stave pipeline,
near Chollas Reservoir.

A good day of trout fishing at Lower Otay, 1925.
A good day of trout fishing at Lower Otay, 1925.

Excavation by mule and steam shovel at the Lower Otay Dam construction site, 1919.
Excavation by mule and steam shovel at the Lower Otay Dam construction site, 1919.

Workers taking a break on the wooden pipeline, 1925.
Workers taking a break on the wooden pipeline, 1925.

City councilmen inspecting the work at Lower Otay Dam.
City councilmen inspecting the work at Lower Otay Dam.

A break in the San Diego-Otay wooden pipeline, February 1929.
A break in the San Diego-Otay wooden pipeline, February 1929.

PA flooded Mission Valley in January 1916.
A flooded Mission Valley in January 1916.




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