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Title
Construction of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1903
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of the construction site of the Imperial Canal head gate apron on the Colorado River, Sharps, ca.1903. Wood forms, scaffolds, wood frames, cranes and ladders make the work area quite busy. A generator sits in a crude corrugated metal shelter at bottom right. About 15 men are working at various things. Several buildings are visible in the distant background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16738
USC-1-1-1-14306 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4280
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16738
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4280.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Rivers--Colorado River
Rivers
Dam sites
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
California
Imperial Canal
Sharps
USA
rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-61- [Microfiche number]
4280 [Accession number]
CHS-4280 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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