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Title
San Pedro breakwater being constructed, California, ca.1902
Date Created and/or Issued
1897/1907
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the San Pedro breakwater being constructed, California, ca.1902. A long walkway of planks and rails extends and zigzags out to the right of the photo. A small shack can be seen on the bank where the planks begin. Further out, in the center and the at the end of the breakwater, the silhouettes of construction cranes are visible. Water stretches smooth and calm to either side.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17842
USC-1-1-1-14364 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6726
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17842
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6726.jpg
Subject
Breakwaters--Design and construction
Harbors
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Engineering--Breakwater
Breakwaters
Time Period
1897/1907
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
Source
1-50-82 [Microfiche number]
6726 [Accession number]
CHS-6726 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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