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Title
Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896
Date Created and/or Issued
1888/1896
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of the head of Sweetwater Dam, San Diego, ca.1888-1896. Looking at the dam from the reservoir side. This side of the walk along the top of the dam is a low masonry wall. The far side of the walk is a metal rail. A small circular building which is in the middle of the water is connected to the dam by a metal walkway. Hill in background. Part of the water spillway is visible at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 20 cm., 16 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7193
USC-1-1-1-7319
USC-1-1-1-10236 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-168
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7193
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-168.jpg
Subject
San Diego County--General
Engineering--Dams
Water-supply
Dams
Reservoirs
Dam sites
Time Period
1888/1896
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number]
168 [Accession number]
CHS-168 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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