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Title
Tujunga Wash flood control project
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
1949
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; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph dated December 8, 1948 shows bridge construction site at Laurel Canyon Boulevard near Moorpark Street, part of the Los Angeles County flood control project along the Tujunga Wash. The project included the rechanneling of the Los Angeles River and construction of several bridges.; See images #00113898 through #00113900 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00113899
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d014_f35_i13
CARL0005294390
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/47886
Subject
Flood control--California--Los Angeles
River channels--California--Los Angeles
Bridges--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction
Construction equipment--California--Los Angeles
Construction and demolition debris--California--Los Angeles
Cranes, derricks, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Construction workers--California--Los Angeles
Laurel Canyon Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Tujunga Wash (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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