Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior of a San Gabriel Power House which supplies electricity to Los Angeles and water for orchards of Pomona Valley, ca.1915. Here a mountain stream is diverted and brought through steel pipes to the power house. Two other buildings are visible at right. A water conduit running down the mountain side is visible behind the power house. The banks of concrete swale in the foreground are lined with river stones and landscaped with small plants.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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