| Hetch Hetchy Information Links |
| 1. O'Shaughnessy Dam - Better
known
as Hetch Hetchy Dam. Currently numbers of environmental groups have
proposals targeting the removal of this dam, the biggest deterrent
would be cost of the project. If the dam is removed people are hoping
the valley would slowly return to the way it looked around 1900.
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2.
HETCH
HETCHY VALLEY(Flooded) - The floor of the Valley is about three and
a half miles long and about 1/2 mile wide on average. The lower portion
was mostly broad meadows about a mile long, with large trees bordering
the sides.[Painted
renderings of what it could look like again] |
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KOLANA ROCK - Elv 5772 ft. Like Yosemite Valley's granite Half Dome,
Kolana Rock is the icon and guardian of Hetch Hetchy Valley.[Photo
of what it looked like] |
| 4. HETCH HETCHY DOME - Elv 6186 ft
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| WAPAMA
FALLS - At 1341 feet tall
Wapama Falls is one of the largest in the world. The showy
horsetail plunge falls can be seen running most of the year peaking in
late Spring and early summer.[Photos] |
| Tuolumne
River below the dam. [Photos]
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| LA
CONTE POINT Elv 6388 ft |
