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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of a sewer maintenance yard at 109 South 18th Avenue, showing a Department of Public Works worker wearing a protective mask, ca.1936. A worker wearing a protective mask and a helmet with headlamp stands in the left foreground, to the left of a wooden sewer yard gate. The gate bears a sign reading "City of Los Angeles Sewer Maintenance Yd. 109-S. Ave. 18. Dept of Public Works. Bureau of Engr". The workman's left hand rests on a boat known as a "sewer skiff" which sits in front of the gate, extending from the left centerground to the right foreground. The "sewer skiff" that was used in 1936 to inspect 6 miles of the City's North Outfall Sewer (NOS). The Assistant Superintendent of Sewer Maintenance, Reuben Brown, personally inspected the NOS using this boat. The boat has pulleys, a battery, and several hoses, and somewhat resembles a rowboat in shape and size. An automobile and a house covered in siding sit in the left background. Picture File Card reads "Department of Water and Power".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Machinery and operations Los Angeles Department of Public Works Sewage disposal Masks Clothing, Protective Municipal officials and employees Buildings
Time Period
circa 1936
Place
109 South Avenue Eighteen California Los Angeles USA
Source
31052 [Accession number] CHS-31052 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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