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Title: Big Tujunga Dam
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Big Tujunga dam No. 1, dedicated on May 27, 1931, with a luncheon served on top of the dam and coffee sent up on the construction elevator. This dam, which is 240 feet high and has a 15-foot roadway on top, will regulate 7500 acre feet of water. It is the first of four dams to be built in Big Tujunga Canyon and was designed by E. C. Eaton, Chief Engineer. Dated May 13, 1931.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00049668
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2834
CARL0000054266
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/18123
Subject: Dams--California--Los Angeles
Water-supply--California--Los Angeles
Flood control--California--Los Angeles
Tujunga Dam (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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