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Description
Photograph of Department of Public Works employees operating a sewer cleaning and rodding machine, [s.d.]. Two men operate the machine over a manhole on the street at center while a third man sits on the back of a track on the left. Lightly-colored homes with tall hedges and manicured yards stand along the street from the right to the left distance. Tall evergreen trees stand in the background. This machine cleans on the average about three thousand feet of sewer daily. It is sent only in bad, difficult jobs where manual rodding would probably take days.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Sewage treatment and disposal Los Angeles Department of Public Works Sewage disposal Manholes Municipal officials and employees Roadways
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
41978 [Accession number] CHS-41978 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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