At the bottom of the empty Baldwin Hills Reservoir, a man in a suit stands on top of the concrete inlet pipe that will be used to feed water from Owens Valley into the reservoir. He is facing the outlet tower and its connecting walkway. Photo dated: Apr. 14, 1951.
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Water and Power Dams--Design and construction Public works--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) Dams--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) Water-supply--California, Southern Baldwin Hills Reservoir (Calif.) Baldwin Hills Dam (Calif.) Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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