The Auburn Dam was an engineering project intended to dam the American River in Northern California and provide flood protection and water to the Sacramento Valley, as well as a recreation site in the Sierra Nevada foothills. American River ( Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U However, due to environmental concerns, money issues, and the relative seismic instability of the proposed dam site, the construction was canceled and the project is abandoned. Much of the preliminary work on the dam can still be seen today.
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- Auburn Dam is at coordinates Coordinates:
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