Kennett

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Famous copper mining town abandoned in 1944, when the Bureau of Reclamation shut the dam at Shasta and flooded the town. Kennett is now under 400 feet of water.

See more, at: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~haeber/bearings/inundated-underwa...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennett,_California
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Coordinates:   40°44'3"N   122°24'56"W

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  • You'd think that at the height of WWII, the federal government would have better things to do.
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