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Title
Wilmington breakwater construction
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1876
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
Workers are building the breakwater at Wilmington in 1876, with help from a team of horses to move large beams. The structure of the breakwater extends into the sea.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00068822
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
N-000-779 8x10; Transportation-L.A.-Harbor-Construction.
CARL0000072397
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/107318
Subject
Harbors--California--Los Angeles
Breakwaters--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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