The first photo is of the dam, finished in 1948, the largest earthen dam in the world at the time. During normal river flow, the river travels thru the dam at the base of the round tower at the bottom of the picture. The dam itself is 432 ft high. Here you see the work boats on dry land. Wish I had a photo from the lower observation platform. The second photo was taken in Nov. 2006. We had just finished with 18 inches of rain in 36 hours and my daughter and I just had to check out the dam. I have seen it before with high water, but never THIS high. The whole valley downstream would have been washed away....it took over a month to release the river safely. (For more interesting info you can go to historylink.org....Essay 3584, Mud Mountain Dam.)