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Sunbeam Dam along the main Salmon River. This dam was built by miners in 1910to supply power to the Sunbeam Mine. It cut off salmon migration up the river.It was dynamited open in 1934 but much of the anadromous fish population waslost prior to reopening the river at this point.
Credit
NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Pacific Northwest Collection
Display Date
1984 August
Location
Idaho, Salmon River
Collection
Historic Fisheries
Keywords
Historic Fisheries
Salmon