{"id":1129,"date":"2016-01-09T12:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2023-05-08T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:50:00","slug":"building-the-sweetwater-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Building the Sweetwater Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jubilation greeted the opening of the Sweetwater Dam in the spring of 1888. On the heels of the great land &#8220;boom of the eighties,&#8221; National City and the south bay reveled in the completion of an engineering marvel, the tallest masonry arch dam in the United States, which created San Diego County&#8217;s first large reservoir of water&#8211;an essential key to the region&#8217;s growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story of<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sweetwater_Dam.pdf\" rel=\"\">Building the Sweetwater Dam.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1131\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=1131\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?fit=1575%2C1887&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1575,1887\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SweetwaterPromo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?fit=855%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?resize=250%2C300\" alt=\"SweetwaterPromo\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?resize=768%2C920&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?resize=855%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SweetwaterPromo.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D1129&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>Jubilation greeted the opening of the Sweetwater Dam in the spring of 1888. 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