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Lake Hemet Water Company placed the first stone of the Lake Hemet Dam on January 6, 1891. When this arched masonry structure was completed in 1895 at a height of 122.5 feet (37.3 m), it was the largest solid masonry dam in the world—a title it would retain until the construction of Roosevelt Dam in Arizona in 1911.
Construction of the Lake Hemet Dam began on January 6, 1891, by the Lake Hemet Water Company. Construction was completed in 1895. When built, the Lake Hemet Dam was the largest solid masonry dam in the world at a height of 122.5 feet (37.3 m) until it was surpassed in height by the Roosevelt Dam in 1911. In 1923, the height of the dam was ...
Plumas Lake Elementary School District is a public school district in Yuba County, California, United States. In 2003 Marysville Joint Unified School District gave territory to Plumas Lake Elementary School District and Wheatland Union High School District .
Dec. 4—Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. The first story in 'Smart Ax' — named after a pun on the school's Logger mascot ...
Logs with a higher density than the density of water would sink. [2] Other logs would get caught in jams, sloughs, or floods, and become lodged in the riverbed. Such logs were often known as "sinkers" or "deadheads." Loggers attempted to reduce the number of logs which remained in the river in order to maximize profits, but some losses were ...
The school district primarily serves students who live in Lake Township and the villages of Millbury and Walbridge in Wood County. It also includes small portions of Perrysburg, Troy, and Allen townships and a small portion of the city of Northwood. The superintendent is Jim Witt. Lake Local was created in 1953 with the merger of the Lake ...
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There were a total of 1,331 students enrolled in the Water Valley School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 45.83% African American, 53.49% White, and 0.68% Hispanic. [1] 56.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free ...