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Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 14 --> Other --> 001. Typed address from M M O'Shaughnessy at the Dedication of the O'Shaughnessy Dam, addressed to the Mayor and guests. The address gives a summary of the achievements of the project, building 4 auxiliary dams, and outlining some of the challenges of the terrain in the Sierra Nevada mountain regions. He acknowledged the sacrifices of the men who were employed on the project, with some loss of life. In the address he compared the project to the Ashokan reservoir in New York, and the costs associated with both projects. Towards the end of the address, O'Shaughnessy acknowledges controversy over the economic scale of the project.
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