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West Main Canal after the second break, Baja California, Mexico, 1906

Portraits of T. J. Hind, the Superintendent and E. Carrillo

Protecting point after the failure of the Rockwood Headgate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Views of two trestles after the failure of the Rockwood Headgate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Panoramic views of the Colorado River and a view of a dipper dredge, Baja California, Mexico, 1906

Rocks on the Hind Dam trestles after the Rockwood gate failure, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Methods employed at the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam releasing water after the failure of the Rockwood Headgate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind dam with large loose rocks at the first closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

First closing showing large rocks at Rockwood Headgate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam, Rockwood Headgate, first closing showing large rocks, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Methods at the first closing at the by pass and main channel, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Views of the old channel of the Colorado River on the Arizona side, 1906

Old channel of the Colorado River (Arizona?), and area below the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Rock blasting in the canal opposite the Lower Heading, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hydraulicing and suction dredging at the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Dipper and the clay pit, Andrade (vicinity), 1907

Completion of the Hind Dam in the distance, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Upside-down rail car and a suction dredge sealing the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Railway, work crew completing the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Indian boatmen and a suction dredge at the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

North bulkhead and By-Pass of Rockwood Headgate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Work crews reinforcing the Hind Dam; the canal below the dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam and the elaborated levee system of the dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam seen from the by pass near the main canal, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam and levees, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Rockwood Headgate, Lower Heading (Colonia Ladrillera, vicinity), the canal and a clamshell dredge, (Andrade, vicinity), 1906

Demolition of the Rockwood Hedgate, the broken levee system near the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Work crews building the hull of the dredger "Delta," Yuma, 1906

Clamshell dredge "Delta" and a group portrait of the work crew, Yuma, 1906

Clamshell dredge "Delta" in the Mexican (second) Intake, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Views of a clamshell dredge and the Concrete Headgate, (Andrade, vicinity), 1906

Levee failure south of the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Levee failure, "second break," at the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

First and second breaks and the levee failures near the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Hind Dam and levee failures, "second break," Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Breaks in the United States Reclamation Service levee near the Lower Heading, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Breaks after levee failures, Baja California, Mexico, 1906-1907

Work crews protecting banks, Yuma (Quechan) Indian laborers riprapping the levees, flatbed train cars loaded with rocks along the canal banks, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906-1907

West bank of old channel of the Colorado River and the steamboat "Searchlight" both in the distance and in the background, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Steamboat "Searchlight" and a barge in the old channel of the Colorado River after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Levee failures below the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Lower Heading views: Comandante Villarino at the work camp, train, office, Indian house, and Indians, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Work camp in the distance at the Lower Heading, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Panoramic views of the Lower Heading work camp, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Panoramic views of the Lower Heading showing levee completion with work camp in the distance, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Work camp at the Lower Heading, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Yuma (Quechan) Indian men rowing boats in a canal or river during the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

First trestle of the second closing and materials for the second trestle, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906

Trestles and levee after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestles after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Hind Dam and view of earthen portion of the Clarke Dam under construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Rockfill dams as a method to close the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second break at the trestles, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Damaged trestle at second break and views of the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906-1907

Views of workers installing a rockfill revetment at the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Clarke Dam views, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Rockfill revetment and Yuma (Quechan) Indian workers, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Tom Hind at the Clarke Dam; north end of the break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestle and workers after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews on trestle after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Close up views of a trestle building for the Clarke Dam or Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Close up views of a trestle under construction for the Clarke Dam or Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Hind Dam views with visiting man and woman and a work crew, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Long piling on flatbed car on the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crew and pile driver on trestle in canal for the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestle in the distance at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestle and pile driver in canal, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Clarke Dam near completion, the Hind Dam, trestle, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flatbed bed train cars filled with rocks for rockfill dams, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Two men in a row boat below the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Water rapids, a trestle and rockfill at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews on a trestle at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Head developments at the breach, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews at the trestle, and rockfill dam for the second closing completion, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flatbed train cars carrying rocks for rockfill dams, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Rock revetment at the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Panoramic view of a trestle on a dam and a close-up view of work crews behind rocks, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Panoramic views of workers at a rock revetment in the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906-1907

Work crews looking at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flooded river or canal with drift, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews, rocks on flatbed train cars for rockfill revetment, and water rapids, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Workers moving rocks for rockfill on flatbed train cars on a trestle and workers standing on a broken trestle, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews and dredge at break in upper trestle and a flatbed car loaded with rocks for rockfill, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews at break of upper trestle and rockfill on flatbed cars, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second closing with work crews moving rocks on flatbed cars on, and a dredge used for trestle repair, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestle, rockfill and a pile driver at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work train on the Clarke Dam, and work crews on a trestle fighting flood drift, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second closing with trestle, view of workers fighting drift in the flooded river, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trestle at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second closing with work workman walking on a trestle and close-up view of rock placement below trestle, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Views of work crews engaging at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Second closing with work crews, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews, two trestles, and the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews engaging at rock and clay filling in the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews building rockfills for the Clarke Dam, pile driver in the distance, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Panoramic views of the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Close up views of depression of the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Workers and horses at the south end of the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Workers and horse pulling earth preparation equipment at the south end of the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Disaster Island, second closing dam(s), and a surveyor on a road-bed near the failed Rockwood gate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews, rockfill revetment, and a dredge at the Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Hind-Clarke Dam topped by a railroad track, seen from the north and south, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Dipper and work crews at the clay pit at Pilot Knob during the second closing, Andrade (vicinity), 1907

Work crews at the rock quarry and clay pit at Pilot Knob during construction of the second closing, Andrade (vicinity), 1907

Rock quarry and clay pit at Pilot Knob during the second closing, Andrade (vicinity), 1907

Railroad train at the rock quarry at Pilot Knob during the second closing, Andrade (vicinity), 1907

Work crews between train and ferry loading levee supplies at the second closing, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Sample test hole at the Paredones River and surface-cracked adobe, Edijo Jalapa (vicinity), 1907

Work crews with teams of horses engaging at levee reconstruction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Levee reconstruction with working horses near the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Muck ditch refilling during levee reconstruction near the Hind Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Views of engineering camps and construction camps near the Paredones River, Valle de Mexicali (Mexico), 1907

Work crews clearing vegetation to create levees, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Trees and shrubs on the levee extension, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Work crews clearing vegetation on levee extension, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Mules working at muck ditch and contractors on levee reconstruction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Horses working on muck ditch for the levee reconstruction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Contractor's camp, horse-driven vehicles with levee supplies, and Yuma (Quechan) Indians digging the soil for the levee, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Types of muck ditch excavations, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Muck ditch excavation from different stations, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Muck ditch excavating for levee construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Muck ditch construction for levee, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Soil condition near the work camp for levee construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Horses working at levee surface construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Surface construction for levee, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Stock working on muck ditch, Yuma (Quechan) Indians on a horse driven vehicle, and bad soil condition, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Above surface constructio for levee with camp in background, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Completed levee surface ready for rails, borrow pits, and the mammoth pit gravel for the levee, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Workers and a spreader in operation during levee construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Yuma (Quechan) Indian workers ballasting and riding on a spreader in operation during levee construction, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Completed levee construction near the Hind-Clarke Dam, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Main levee system with railroad tracks along the Colorado River, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

End of Main Levee with loose rocks along the Colorado River, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Completed main levee with trees and shrubs on either side, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Abatis work on the levee system, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Abatis No. 4 for levee, Yuma (vicinity), 1906

Reversed abatis work, Yuma (vicinity), 1906

Views of the levee along the Gila River after floods, Yuma (vicinity) 1907.

Levee with borrow pits and erosion, and a tool house, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Baxter at a hotel, Eli, and an unidentified man, probably in Calexico, 1907

Mrs. Baxter and Eli with Tom the cat, S. C. Baxter in a buggy, and views of Calexico water works, Calexico, 1907

Group photo of California Development Company office workers, Calexico, 1907

Group portraits of engineers, Calexico, 1907

Group portraits or California Development Company employees, probably in Calexico, 1907

Sharps Waste Gate, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flume site and piling near Packard Station, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flume near the Packard Station, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Flume over the New River near Packard Station, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Pilings and flume over New River near Packard Station under construction, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1907

Canal cleaner in a small canal in a field, Imperial Valley (California or Mexico), 1908

Sharp's Heading, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1912

Workers at Sharp's Heading, and placing rockfill, Mexicali, Mexico (vicinity), 1912

Grade recession at Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Baja California (Mexico), 1908

Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River) and the Colorado River, Baja California (Mexico), 1908

Blasting in the main canal just north of the International Line, Imperial Valley, 1908

Hanlon Ranch, a canal and a dredge, Andrade (vicinity), 1908

Concrete Headgate at Sharp's Heading and dredges, Andrade (vicinity), 1912

Train track, work camp and government trestle on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Baja California (Mexico), 1911

Government quarry, Andrade quarry, Andrade (vicinity); pile driver on govenrment trestle on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Andrade quarry, Andrade (vicinty); government trestle under construction on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Government trestle under construction and men in a rowboat on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Government trestle under construction on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River); the Andrade quarry, Andrade (vicinity); and a train along a river, 1911

Government trestle and dam spanning the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), revetment workers on the trestle, Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Close up views of the government trestle under construction on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Train of the government trestle on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Views of the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River) with blasting, levees, and sandbags on the bank, and view of a tent work camp, Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

South levee on the Rio de Las Abejas (Bee River) with a tent on a levee, Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Government trestle, dam and south levee on the Rio de Las Abajas (Bee River), Nuevo León, Mexico (vicinity), 1911

Two men by a boat in the river, Baja California, circa 1911

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Title: Disaster Island, second closing dam(s), and a surveyor on a road-bed near the failed Rockwood gate, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1907
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1907; February 11, 1907
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Rights Holder and Contact: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Scope/Content: [Caption, section 3:] Views of closing the second break or crevasse at Lower Heading. December 22nd, 1906 to July 21st, 1907. Work done under auspices of Epes Randolph, agent Southern Pacific Company. [Written:] 1400-1594
Scope/Content: [Caption below top photograph:] The remains of Disaster Island [in the Colorado River] Feb. 11, 1907. Looking up the Colorado in the left.
Scope/Content: [Caption below bottom left photograph:] Second Closing [dams] Feb.-1907.
Scope/Content: [Caption below bottom right photograph:] Road-bed for railroad to quarries built on failure of Rockwood Gate, but never used. Frame over Concrete Gate on right.
Type: image
Format: image
Form/Genre: black-and-white photographs
Identifier: uclalsc_94_002_01_112
Language: English
Subject: Earth dams--Design and construction
Irrigation canals and flumes--Design and construction
Place: Colonia Ladrillera (Mexico)
Clarke Dam (Mexico)
32.681960, -114.749095
Hind Dam (Mexico)
32.681960, -114.749095
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Parent Item: Irrigation work of California Development Company including Colorado River crevasse, effects thereof and diversion. 1903-1908. Vol. 2
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Photograph albums documenting diversion of the Colorado River and creation of the Salton Sea, 1900-1911

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