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"Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central Mississippi...Completed January, 1965, this $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." Aerial view of lake. Side 2.
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"Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central Mississippi...Completed January, 1965, this $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." Aerial view of lake. Side 2.
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- Description: "Ross Barnett Reservoir, Central Mississippi...Completed January, 1965, this $25,000,000 project involved no Federal funds. The 50-square-mile lake extends 43 water miles from the main dam near Jackson to within 6 miles of Carthage. Maintained by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, a state agency, comprised of the counties of Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, and Scott, all of which adjoin the Reservoir." Aerial view of lake. Side 2.
- Creator(s): Ford, Gilbert
- Date: 1965
- City/State: Mississippi
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 122413-photo-2.tif