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Title
[Agricultural soil-testing station] (4 views)
Contributor
McCurry Foto Co
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1910 and 1913]
Publication Information
Sacramento, Cal. : McCurry Foto Co
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Plates in: [Photograph album of the creation of West Sacramento, ca. 1910]. Page [54-57]
View 1 (2010-1656). Shows framing of building, construction workers. McCurry no. 5098 -- view 2 (2010-1657). Framing of building, pipelines, barrels. McCurry no. 5096 -- view 3 (2010-1658). Building and construction workers. McCurry no. 6059 -- view 4 (2010-1659). Building with walls completed, roof being installed, scaffolding and construction workers. McCurry no. 5190.
West Sacramento Company incorporated in 1910 for purpose of developing land west of Sacramento River. Between 1910 and 1913 completed reclamation project that included construction of levees, irrigation system, roads. In 1911 organized area as Reclamation District 900. As part project, built soil laboratory.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
4 photographic prints ; 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001437858CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
West Sacramento Company--Photographs
Building construction--California--Yolo County
Construction workers--California--Yolo County
Pipes (Conduits)--California--Yolo County
Laboratories--California--West Sacramento
West Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs
Yolo County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Place
California
Yolo County
West Sacramento
West Sacramento (Calif.)
Yolo County (Calif.)

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