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Title
Pacoima Channel of submerged dam
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Flint, Porter
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
1957
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
Visible portion of the greatest submerged dam in the world, built in 1888. It is 600 feet long and has average depth of 60 feet, only 2 or 3 feet of which is above ground surface. Dam extends down to and connects with bedrock, entire distance across bed of stream. This view is of the remains of the original submerged dam and irrigation system. Photograph dated March 5, 1957.; See images #00128981 through #00128985 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00128983
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f6_i16
CARL0005462436
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60059
Subject
Dams--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles)
River channels--California--Los Angeles
Flood dams and reservoirs--California--Los Angeles
Flood control channels--California--Los Angeles
Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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