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Description
Photograph of a drawing showing the profile of the proposed San Fernando Valley Sewer between Van Nuys and Owensmouth, [s.d.]. Two almost-parallel lines can be seen drawn from the bottom right up towards the top left. The numbers "740", "750", "780", and "800" can be seen written vertically along the left axis, while the numbers "5000", "4500", "4000", "3500", "3000", "2500", "2000", "1500", "1000" and "500" can be seen horizontally along the bottom axis. "Profile of Proposed San Fernando Valley Sewer between Van Nuys and Owensmouth. J.J. Jessup -- City Engineer. Scale: Ver. 1-8. Hor. [...] 1000" can be seen at top right. Streets are labeled along the parallel lines and are written sideways. The legible streets include: "Topanga Canyon", "Canoga", "Mason Ave", "Vanowen Street", "Winnetka Ave", "Calvin", "Reseda Blvd", "Etiwanda Ave", "White Oak Ave", "Victory Blvd", "Victory Blvd", "Balboa Ave", "Oxnard St", "Havenhurst Ave", Woodley Ave", "Burbank Blvd", and "Sepulveda Blvd". Numbers are written next to most of the streets as well.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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