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Description
Photograph. "The big lift -- Two 180-foot boom truck cranes, with 60,000-lb. capacity, are shown in action, as 11 tons of boiler ride up the 13 stories of the Southern Counties Gas Company building at Eighth Street and Flower Streets. Owl Trucking Company did the job. Albert C. Martin and Associates are architects for building. Lindgren and Swinerton are contractors. To be finished late in 1959." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 8 March 1959. Crane at bottom identified as Owl Crane and Rigging. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Lift Boom Truck Cranes Owl Trucking Company Owl Crane and Rigging Albert C. Martin and Associates Lindgren and Swinerton Construction Downtown Los Angeles--City--Buildings--S
Time Period
circa 1959-03-08
Place
-118.259,34.04924 -118.25587,34.04745 -118.25894,34.04552 -118.26067,34.04745 8th Street & Flower Street California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Southern Counties Gas Company USA
Source
3-1275-02806-2538 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-501 [Original Filename] Subjects 318 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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