- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of crowd at Buford Dam groundbreaking, Georgia, 1950, Mar. 1]
- Date of Original:
- 1950
- Subject:
- Dams--Georgia
Municipal services--Georgia
Special events--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. Work on the dam, which is located in Forsyth County, was completed in 1957 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. The dam created Lake Lanier which flows into both Forsyth and Hall Counties.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal385
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal385
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
