Workmen are shown rushing the final stages of the mighty flood control project in the Los Angeles River bed. Photo shows huge derricks putting big rocks on the river banks below the Twenty-third street bridge. The sloping banks have been lined with rocks and cement to prevent rushing waters from eroding the earth. Photo dated: December 2, 1938.
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