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 a view of the portal to one of the four, 56-foot diversion tunnels for the Hoover Dam, [s.d.]. At center, a large cavern is cut into bedrock, supported by circular scaffolding. At left, wooden framework supports a conveyor belt. Caption reads: "View of portal of one of the four 56-foot diversion tunnels. These tunnels, each approximately 4,000 feet in length are being lined with three-feet of concrete and will be used to divert the waters of the Colorado River during the construction of Hoover Dam." Photoprint reads: "Los Angeles Aqueduct construction, [s.d.]."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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