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Clyde Valley Dam
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George Paterson from Portland, Oregon. Posted 4 Apr 2005.
My father was foreman at the electric company on the river Clyde, during World War Two. As a young boy I would go in to work with him on the weekends when he and his crew were camoflaging the buildings to confuse the German aeroplanes into making them look like the
surrounding country. I was aloud to drive the pug engine that shuttled the building material around the site with the driver in cab. Also I would get to operate the large crane around the new buildings with the driver holding my hands on the levers and controls. I suppose this would not be allowed today, but back then it was great fun.



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