Sunbeam Dam #656
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N 44° 16.252 W 114° 44.097
11T E 680771 N 4904453
Although no familiar Historical sign is at this location, the shelter protects several interpretive signs describing the small earthen dam that is still partially visible below the overlook.
Waymark Code: WM1QN3
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2007
Views: 40
Eleven miles east of Lower Stanley on Highway 75, the remains of the Sunbeam
Dam can be seen in the river below the north shoulder of the road. The dam was
the only one ever built on the Salmon River, which remains today one of the last
free-flowing rivers in the west. It was intended to provide power to mining
operations located on the Yankee Fork, but in 1911, the mine property was sold
at a Sheriff's auction and part of the dam was dynamited in 1934.
Marker Name: Sunbeam Dam
Marker Type: Roadside
County: Custer
Marker Number: 656
Marker Text: Not listed
City: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Group Responsible for Placement: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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