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Exhibit: Hydraulic Landscapes: Water History and Industrial Photography in California

2017

Hydraulic Landscapes: Water History and Industrial Photography in California

Curated by Rina Faletti, UC Merced Center for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, Hydraulic Landscapes: Water History and Industrial Photography in California explores California's grand-scale water conveyance projects of the mid-20th century. From construction of local Merced canals and Lake Yosemite near campus, to massive concrete works of the Central Valley Project's Delta-Mendota Canal, this exhibit shows how mid-20th century water engineering created a world-famous hydraulic landscape in striking historic photographs from Central Valley Archives.