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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Arroyo Seco channel, north from a point 600 feet south of San Pascual Avenue, April 1938. The concrete channel curves from the foreground to the background at left. THree men can be seen working in the cannel. A small amount of water is visible at the bottom of the arroyo. At right, unidentified machinery can be seen near the top of the channel. Mountains and tall trees are visible in the background. This photograph shows the type of construction that successfully withstood floods on March 3, 1938.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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