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Title
Tunnel work starts
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph dated February 9, 1954 used in article dated March 1, 1954, caption reads, "Equipment to bore tunnel through mountains on the La Cienega-San Fernando Valley relief sewer line is shown at Forman avenue and Valley Spring Lane, North Hollywood, Valley terminus. The tunnel, costing $3,167,709 is part of the $12,000,000 sewer project, connecting the Valley to the large outfall at Sierra Bonita avenue in Hollywood. The project is scheduled to be completed next year."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00139357
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f11_i1
CARL0005701694
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68726
Subject
Tunnels--California--Los Angeles
Tunnels--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction
Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles
Cranes, derricks, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Fences--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Buildings--California--Toluca Lake (Los Angeles)
Forman Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Spring Lane (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Toluca Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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