Laguna Diversion Dam aka Swastika Dam
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beagle39z
N 32° 49.121 W 114° 29.309
11S E 735125 N 3633980
While out geocaching in Yuma, AZ., we found this unique abandoned bridge near: "Spillway Cache" Waypoint# GCH6GG
Waymark Code: WM1DQ3
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2007
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Spanning the Colorado River between California and Arizona stands a concrete dam and bridge which are decorated with swastikas. These crosses, which have come to symbolize horror for millions of people, are recessed an inch and a half into the heavy concrete surrounding them and were undoubtedly meant to last for generations. Eerily similar to the proportion and design used by Adolf Hitler, there are forty-seven of the swastikas which range in size from eight inches square up to eighteen inches square.
Local lore has it that W.W.II German POWs were responsible for incorporating the swastika within the structures while helping renovate the dam and bridge during WWII. Although there was a German POW camp in the nearby Yuma AZ area during that period, the swastikas were not put there by German prisoners. They were put there by the United States Government.
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