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Caption: section 1
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
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," Yuma, 1906
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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
Caption: section 2
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
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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
Caption: section 3
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
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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
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
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
Rock quarry and clay pit at Pilot Knob during 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
Caption: section 4
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
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
Caption: section 5
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
Caption: section 6
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
Steamboat "Searchlight" and a barge in the old channel of the Colorado River after the second break, Colonia Ladrillera, Mexico (vicinity), 1906
Date Created and/or Issued
December 14, 1906
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Description
Scope/Content: [Caption, section 2:] Views showing the second break - December 6th, to December 22nd, 1906. [Written:] 1365-1399.
Scope/Content: [Caption below photograph:] Steamer " Searchlight" and barge ground two miles below the Break, Dec. 14, 1906. Cought (i.e. caught) in the river by rapid diversion thereof toward the Salton Sea, due to the second Break.
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image
Format
image
Form/Genre
black-and-white photographs
Identifier
uclalsc_94_002_01_047
Language
English
Subject
Rivers
Steamboats
Barges
Place
Colonia Ladrillera (Mexico)
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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