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Description
1 image. Water award (plaque presentation), 15 April 1958. Joseph Jensen (Board Chairman of Metropolitan Water District) Robert B. Diemer (General Manager of Metropolitan Water District) Louis R. Howson (National President of American Society of Civil Engineers). Caption slip reads: " Photographer: Swaim. Date: 1958-04-15. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Water award. 23/24: L to R: Joseph Jensen, board chairman of Metropolitan Water District, and Robert B. Diemer, genl mgr and chief eng. of MWD, having glasses filled with Colorado River water by Louis R. Howson, national pres. of American Society of Civil Engineers. Behind them is bronze plaque designating Colo River Aqueduct as one of seven engineering wonders of U.S., presented to MWD by Howson".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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