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Title
Buena Vista Reservoir
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1876
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Buena Vista Reservoir in Elysian Park in 1876, built by the privately-owned L.A. Water Co. This was the company's first water storage facility. Photo shows reservoir seen from the hills, looking east from present-day location of the Pasadena Freeway.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00009712
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Reservoirs-Elysian Park.; A-002-543.2 4x5
CARL0000011623
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83989
Subject
Los Angeles Water Company
Water resources development--California--Los Angeles
Reservoirs--California--Los Angeles

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