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Title
Aqueduct pipe in trench
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1910
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
A view of early pipe used for building the L.A. Aqueduct to Owens Valley, done between 1907 and 1913. The aqueduct was considered the 2nd greatest engineering accomplishment of its age, after the Panama Canal. Here men are working with a large pipe being buried in a trench.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00009652
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Water-L.A. Aqueduct.; S-002-184.3 4x5
CARL0000011383
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83701
Subject
Water resources development--California--Los Angeles
Water-supply--California--Los Angeles
California Aqueduct (Calif.)

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