Bent rebars and debris buried Robert Lacey, construction worker, who died under 150 tons of fresh cement that caved-in on him during construction of the Santa Monica Reservoir; 14 other workers were injured. Spectators watch from a distance as cranes and clam-diggers bring up chunks of rebars and cement in the effort to recover the body. A workman in the pit directs the crane. A billboard (right) advertises "Fitzgerald Const. Co.", the contractor for the reservoir. Photo dated: Apr. 11, 1949.
Santa Monica Reservoir (Santa Monica, Calif.) Reservoirs--California--Santa Monica Building--California--Santa Monica Construction industry--Accidents--California--Santa Monica Industrial accidents--California--Santa Monica Spectators--California--Santa Monica Reinforced cement--California--Santa Monica Santa Monica (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Lacey, Robert Fitzgerald Construction Co. (Long Beach, Calif.)
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