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Snapshot views of concrete-steel radial headgates, at Hanlons, Cal. [Andrade vicinity] at head of Imperial Canal [Alamo Canal], and of the 200-ft. wooden gate at the lower [second] Mexican intake [Colonia Ladrillera vicinity], taken by J. D. Schuyler, July 16, 1906.

Imperial (Alamo) Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons, looking from the shore end toward the Colorado River, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons, looking from the river side toward the upstream side, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons, partially raised, looking southeast towards the river, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons with a group of men, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons with men posing on the navigation pass, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons with men on top and showing the hoisting gear and engine connection, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Imperial / Alamo Canal Concrete Headgate at Hanlons, close-up view of the heavy machinery including drums, cables, and gears, Andrade (vicinity), 1906

Rockwood Headgate at the lower (second) Mexican intake, looking up the original Imperial Canal (Alamo Canal), Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Rockwood Headgate at the lower (second) Mexican intake, looking downstream, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Rockwood Headgate at the lower (second) Mexican intake, seen from the upper side, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Rockwood Headgate at the lower (second) Mexican intake, showing the end of the river, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

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Title: Snapshot views of concrete-steel radial headgates, at Hanlons, and of the 200-ft. wooden gate at the lower [second] Mexican intake
Creator: Schuyler, James D. (James Dix), 1848-1912
Date Created and/or Issued: [1906-1911]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Photograph albums documenting diversion of the Colorado River and creation of the Salton Sea, 1900-1911
Rights Information: Copyrighted
In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) unlocatable or unidentifible (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/)
Rights Holder and Contact: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Scope/Content: Snapshot views of concrete-steel radial headgates, at Hanlons, [Andrade vicinity] at head of Imperial Canal [Alamo Canal], and of the 200-ft. wooden gate at the lower [second] Mexican intake [Colonia Ladrillera vicinity], taken by J. D. Schuyler, July 16, 1906.
Scope/Content: Removed from Collection 665, Cory family papers 1896-1932, for separate cataloging as part of the Photograph Album Collection (Collection 94) in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Citation/Reference: For a complete and detailed history, with maps, plans, and illustrations, of the California Development Company's project to divert waters of the Colorado River to develop and irrigate the Imperial Valley, cf. H.T. Cory, "Irrigation and River Control in the Colorado River Delta," Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 76 (1913): 1204-1571. Many of the photos and one of the maps from the albums are reprinted in Cory's article. Additional information on H.T. Cory available in Cory family papers (Collection 665).
Type: image
Format: 1 album
Form/Genre: photograph albums
Photographic prints
maps (documents)
Identifier: Collection 94/001
Language: English
eng
Subject: Salt Lakes
Cory, H. T. (Harry Thomas), 1870-
California Development Company
Place: Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico)
Valle de Mexicali (Mexico)
Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)

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