A high concrete dam spans a narrow gorge, holding back a blue reservoir between steep, rocky canyon walls; a spill of water runs down the face into the river below, and a few small red buildings and a road cling to the right-hand bank. The view is a classic mid-century scenic of western American reclamation engineering, when concrete arch and gravity dams were being built in mountain canyons for irrigation and hydroelectric power. No caption on the front identifies the specific dam or canyon.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; narrow white margin at right edge; no printed caption on the front.
No postmark; divided back; linen texture; printed caption and stamp box; light wear.
Cite this card
Concrete dam and reservoir in a rocky canyon, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/concrete-dam-and-reservoir-in-a-rocky-canyon-circa-1935. Accessed October 25, 2026.
