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 Scattergood Steam Plant construction, ca.1950. Metal rods protrude out of a cement foundation in the center while men stand scattered throughout the construction site. To the right, two men stand a top metal rods that lay on the ground while two large cranes are visible in the background. Three cement trucks line the dirt road behind the construction site while a steep dirt hill that appears to be man-made sits in the background. Construction machines and materials sit atop the plateau created by the wall. To the left, a dirty storm drain protrudes out of the dirt in the foreground. Photoprint reads: "H.C. Smith Construction Company uses consolidated ready mixed concrete on their scattergood steam plant job at Playa Del Rey for the Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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