Print reproduced in 1951 for Herald-Examiner. Photo originally owned by Dept. of Water and Power, no. 51-134. One of the huge rotary cone valves, left foreground, on the outlet line is pictured during construction of the Baldwin Hills Reservoir. An inlet line, dwarfing the construction worker squatting on top, is seen on the right.
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Water and Power Civil engineering Dams--Design and construction Public works--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) Dams--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) Water-supply--California, Southern Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baldwin Hills Reservoir (Calif.) Baldwin Hills Dam (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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