- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of a crowd gathering for Buford Dam ground-breaking, Georgia, 1950 Mar. 1]
- Date of Original:
- 1950
- Subject:
- Dams--Georgia
Georgia--Politics and government
Special events--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Hall County? March 1, 1950. Crowd gathers for ceremonies to break ground for Buford Dam. The dam which is located in Forsyth County was completed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1957. It created Lake Lanier which flows into both Forsyth and Hall counties.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal155
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal155
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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