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#21 D.L.

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Posted 13 May 2010 - 03:51 PM

Hey that's neat! I went up there a few weeks ago, I'll post my photos sometime.

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 11:23 PM

Was up there today for some Dam fun.
Hadn't been there in a few years as the gates are usually locked.
Got on top of the dam today and walked from side to side.
This dam was built with the help of a railway that was built to the site.
The remains of a train trestle are a few hundred metres down stream from the dam and cross the Jordon river.

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THESE NEXT TWO PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN THE LATE 1940s AND SHOW VISITORS ON AN EXCURSION TO THE DAM ON THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY THAT WENT RIGHT TO IT.

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And finally....here is a few seconds of video that I shot today...

https://www.youtube....h?v=07Qo7JaHPH0


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#23 Mike K.

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 06:04 AM

Thank you for sharing the photos and video, History Buff. It's been several years since I last visited this place.

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#24 LJ

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 08:03 PM

^^I'm guessing the first shot from the 40's were the wives of the guys that built the dam who were in the second photo.
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Posted 13 January 2013 - 08:52 PM

^^I'm guessing the first shot from the 40's were the wives of the guys that built the dam who were in the second photo.


Not an accurate guess
The Dam was completed in 1911
The photos were taken in 1947

as I said in the post BC Electric used to run excursions up there

#26 VictoriaExplorer

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 04:30 PM

Here's a photo of the dam I took when I flew over it back in June 2004.

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#27 Mike K.

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 05:24 PM

Nice!

I created a link back to the image as on smaller screens it may extend out a bit :)

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#28 LJ

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 07:40 PM

Not an accurate guess
The Dam was completed in 1911
The photos were taken in 1947

as I said in the post BC Electric used to run excursions up there


I guess I guessed wrong.:(

It seems odd that all the ladies were in one car and the guys in another, unless it was some sort of suburban single mingle.
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Posted 14 January 2013 - 08:27 PM

I am not sure why that is either but if I were to guess it would be that they were not couples and that is the way it was done that way. Just like when schools and bars had separate entrances for the genders.
I suspect that these people may have been BCE employees too because this photo came from a LOT that I had purchased that had other BCE properties in it and I think it was promotional Gov. photographs

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Posted 06 December 2014 - 11:07 AM


B.C. Hydro seeks to buy homes in Jordan River dam’s path

 

B.C. Hydro wants to buy 11 homes in Jordan River because of fears they will be washed away if an earthquake damages the up-river dam.

 

The decision to approach residents of the homes came after a six-year, $10-million study of all 79 B.C. Hydro dams in the province. It found the Jordan River dam is the most likely to fail in an earthquake.

 

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#31 D.L.

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Posted 06 December 2014 - 11:25 AM

11 houses, that sounds like all of Jordan River!

 

Actually, looking at Google Maps, it is (excluding "suburban" areas). There are 11 houses from the bridge, going west, to the right turn in the road - https://maps.google....009645&t=k&z=17



#32 Bingo

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Posted 06 December 2014 - 02:35 PM

If it was my property I would build an ark and just wait for the flood.


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