Why California's Lost Highway is Now Underwater

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Chapters:
00:00 - What’s Below California’s Shasta Lake?
01:04 - The State of California before European settlement
02:36 - The Development of California’s waterworks
04:26 - How building a dam submerged major California towns.
06:24 - The Construction of Shasta Dam
07:13 - What remains of California Route 99 under Shasta lack
09:47 - Retracing historic road maps under Shasta Lake
10:56 - Lost Railroads under Shasta Lake
14:27 - The Dangers of Shasta Lake

IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Scriptwriter - Ryan Socash
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