CSPAN3 Shasta Dam August 19, 2017
Dam, the secondlargest concrete dam in the united states. It forever changed the state of california and beyond. The Central Valley of california runs right here from redding, california, 450 miles to bakersfield. It is about 50 miles wide and it is a big, flat valley. We have had very wet and dry years. We get aboutars, 75 of the states precipitation here, so all of that would wash into the valley and cause massive flooding. The native americans that lived here prior to us with live by the river and go to Higher Ground during flood seasons. Received, it would would deposit rich soil throughou...