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Description
Photograph. "First in nation -- Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant at the Civic Center opened on Thursday, August 21. The first of its kind in the nation, this complex octopus-like system will carry heat and refrigeration to various county buildings. It was engineered and designed by M.A. Nishkian & Company, Consulting Engineers, Long Beach. The $3,500,000 structure was constructed by Haas-Haynie-Frandsen, Inc., General Contractors, Beverly Hills. Mechanical installations were by Scott Company of Southern California." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 14 August 1958. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--City--Buildings--Civic--Miscellaneous M.A. Nishkian Company Haas-Haynie-Frandsen Inc Scott Company
Time Period
1958-08-14
Place
-118.24156,34.05505 -118.24149,34.05515 -118.24235,34.05204 -118.24366,34.05458 California Civic Center Los Angeles Los Angeles County Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant USA
Source
3-1275-02805-7389 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-400 [Original Filename] Subjects 319 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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