As best as I can recall, really stretching memory to get back there, the first big serious long-last'n dam constructed, was the 18' tall, Lakeport Dam, finished in 1822 and built to power the nearby mills.
It looked just like a box or rectangle design set of Lincoln Logs with the log ends notched and interlocked for integral strength. Dumping a fill inside the rectangle with boulders, rocks, and sand made it last for many years.
Lakeport local, Fred Flintstone, was in charge of its' construction ...... a yabba-dabba-doobie constructed dam ....... way-to-go, Fred!
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Last edited by fatlazyless; 10-02-2019 at 08:55 AM.
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