Owyhee Dam, Owyhee Dam Historic District (Adrian, Oregon)

Title: Owyhee Dam, Owyhee Dam Historic District (Adrian, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: Owyhee Dam Historic District (Adrian, Oregon)
Photographer: Jed S. Rogers, Bureau of Reclamation
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2010)
View: general view: Downstream face and crest of Owyhee Dam, looking southwest
Temporal: 1930-1939
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views hydraulic structures dams (hydraulic structures)
Location: Malheur County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: Owyhee Lake Road, 11 miles southwest of Adrian
Date: 1932
View Date: 2009
Identifier: OR_Malheur_OwyheeDamHD_03.jpg
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Is Part Of: Owyhee Dam Historic District (Adrian, Oregon)
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Designed and constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation beginning in 1927, the Owyhee Dam Historic District consists of the Owyhee Dam and several dozen buildings and structures associated with the dam. These resources include a residential camp, industrial buildings, and other features that date from between the period 1927 and 1939. The district was listed in the National Register for its important and historic association with irrigated agriculture in eastern Oregon and western Idaho as part of the larger Owyhee Project. The district was also listed for its national significance for the design and construction of the Owyhee Dam, which served as a testing grounds for new dam technology and engineering. New technology first used in the Owyhee Dam later served in other Bureau of Reclamation projects, including Hoover Dam. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.