First Construction Contract by U.S. Reclamation Service
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The first construction contract from the Bureau of Reclamation (U.S. Reclamation Service) was for a portion of the Newlands project in Nevada.
Waymark Code: WMF8NB
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2012
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The Nevada State Historical Marker (Number 215) at the dam reads in part:
...The Newlands Project was one of the first authorized under the Federal Reclamation Act of 1902. The 1903 construction contract for Derby Dam and the Truckee Canal was the first entered into by the U.S. Reclamation Service, later the Bureau of Reclamation...
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