{"id":557,"date":"2011-06-30T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2024-03-10T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T01:27:18","slug":"building-morena-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"Building Morena Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>When the Brooklyn bridge was built it was pronounced the &#8220;eighth wonder of the world,&#8221; and now California has another &#8220;wonder&#8221; to add to the list. This wonder is the biggest dam in America, and so far as I have been able to learn from mining and civil engineers, it is the largest in the world. <\/em>&#8211;Harper&#8217;s Weekly, January 8, 1898.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The wonder dam that quickly became a dam fiasco: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam.pdf\">Building Morena Dam<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_559\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559\" data-attachment-id=\"559\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=559\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?fit=2888%2C1909\" data-orig-size=\"2888,1909\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Morena Dam, 1897\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Setting rock in position at Morena, 1897.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?fit=1024%2C676\" class=\"size-large wp-image-559 \" title=\"Morena Dam, 1897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?resize=491%2C325\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?resize=1024%2C676 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?resize=300%2C198 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Morena-Dam-1897.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Setting rock in position at Morena, 1897.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D557&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Brooklyn bridge was built it was pronounced the &#8220;eighth wonder of the world,&#8221; and now California has another &#8220;wonder&#8221; to add to the list. 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