Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake, Mt. Shasta in the Distance
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| Shasta Dam is 602 feet high and is the highest overflow type dam in the world. Located nine miles from Redding, California it is the fountain head of the great Central Valley Project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Base thickness 580 feet. Crest thickness 37 feet. Two elevators run from the top to the power plant level. |
