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Photograph caption dated September 26, 1957 reads, "Huge eight-foot pipes which measure 93 inches inside will be installed from Saticoy street to Los Angeles River to relieve run-off water in Reseda. Pipes, each weighing 12 tons, will stretch over one and one-half miles, according to Hallie Dupre Shipman, and project will use 812 pipes when completed."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;10 x 15 cm. Photographic prints
Drainage pipes--California--Los Angeles Road drainage--California--Los Angeles Storm sewers--California--Los Angeles Flood control--California--Los Angeles Flood routing--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Stores & shops--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Saticoy Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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