An elevated view of Alcova Dam, a concrete arch-gravity structure spanning the North Platte River gorge, with the reservoir behind it and treeless brown hills beyond. Alcova Dam was built by the Bureau of Reclamation in the mid-1930s as part of the Casper-Alcova (later Kendrick) Project and was completed in 1938, impounding water for irrigation and power in central Wyoming. The card's linen-era coloring and the curving access roads on the far bank match the dam's early years of operation.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch pattern; thin white border at top edge; card number 1149 printed at upper left.
No postmark. Divided back; linen texture; no white border; unused, no message or address; publisher imprint Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.
Cite this card
Alcova Dam on the North Platte River, Wyoming, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/alcova-dam-on-the-north-platte-river-wyoming-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
