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Description
Photograph of construction workers building a decanter for the Department of Public Works Terminal Island Sewage Treatment Plant, 1930-1939. At center, two men are pictured at the top of a tall wooden(?) tower that is surrounded by scaffolding. In the foreground, a pit of water of comparable circumference to the tower is visible. An earlier record reads "P.W.A. Project".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 18 x 13 cm. photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Sewage treatment and disposal Los Angeles Department of Public Works Sewage disposal Building Industrial sites
Time Period
1930/1939
Place
California Los Angeles San Pedro USA
Source
41958 [Accession number] CHS-41958 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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