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Description
A prison labor camp. Convicts from Folsom Prison were used to build Highway 1between Pfeiffer, Big Sur, and San Simeon. The camps were fenced in and underguard. There was a north and south camp. We had our camp inside theenclosures. (Image credit: Mr. Floyd Risvold)
Photographer
Mr. Floyd Risvold
Location
California, Big Sur area
Collection
Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey
Geodesy
Oscar and Floyd Risvold
NOAA Affiliation
USC&GS;
Keywords
West Coast California