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|image=Shasta dam under construction new edit.jpg

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|caption=Shasta Dam under construction

|text=Shasta Dam, an arch dam across the Sacramento River at the north end of the Sacramento Valley, California, during its construction in June 1942. The dam mainly serves long-term water storage and flood control in its reservoir, Shasta Lake, and also generates hydroelectric power. At {{convert|602|ft|m|abbr=on}} high, it is the ninth-tallest dam in the United States and forms the largest reservoir in California.

|credit=Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI; Restoration: Chick Bowen

|link=Shasta Dam

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