Here we see the beginning of the end of the Venice waterways of romance as motor trucks dump cargoes of dirt into the first lagoon to be filled. In 1904, Abbott Kinney completed the canals as part of a dream to transplant a bit of old Venice to California and imported Venetian gondolas with costumed condoliers. But his Venice grew into modern ways, and now the routes of the canals are vitally needed for traffic. Photo dated: November 15, 1927.
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