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Lake Tahoe Outlet Gates

LAKE TAHOE OUTLET GATES 

CONFLICTING CONTROL OF THESE GATES. FIRST BUILT 
IN 1870. RESULTED IN THE "TAHOE WATER WAR" BETWEEN 
LAKESHORE OWNERS AND DOWNSTREAM TRUCKEE 
RIVER WATER USERS. WHICH LASTED TWO DECADES 
THE DISPUTE WAS SETTLED IN 1910-11 WHEN TECHNIQUES 
FOR DETERMINING WATER CONTENT IN SNOW WERE 
DEVELOPED BY DR. JAMES E. CHURCH. JR., AND MADE 
POSSIBLE ACCURATE PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF 
THE SEASONAL RISE IN LAKE AND RIVER LEVELS. 
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 797 
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK 
COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH THE WESTERN 
SNOW CONFERENCE AND THE SIERRA PACIFIC POWER 
COMPANY JUNE 12, 1965 
 

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