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Title
Mountains moved in highway relocation
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
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
Photograph caption dated January 1, 1954 reads, "Dirt for fills - Mountains are being moved by heavy equipment to make way for diversion of Foothill boulevard and San Fernando Road south from junction of Highways 6 and 99. This view looking northeasterly shows drag lines filling huge earth mover."; See images #00137888 through #00137893 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00137889
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d045_f34_i8
CARL0005683215
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67849
Subject
Roads--California--San Fernando Valley--Design and construction
Construction equipment--California--San Fernando Valley
Land subdivision--California--San Fernando Valley
Land use--California--San Fernando Valley
City planning--California--San Fernando Valley
Dirt roads--California--San Fernando Valley
Mountain passes--California, Southern
Mountains--California, Southern
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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