Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct head gate, November 5, 1913. Approximately five men are turning the large valves situated on a ledge above the aqueduct. Spectators on nearby hills and near the canals watch as the water flows from the man-made aqueduct. Among the spectators are two police officers (lower right). A set of stairs leads to the ledge where the men are operating the valves. Bushes cover the top of the hills above the aqueduct. Picture file card reads: "Construction of the aqueduct began in 1908. Nov. 5, 1913, William Mullholland, the project engineer, opened the valves that led the waters of the mountains 250 miles away flow into the Los Angeles district."
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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