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 a trestle supporting a San Diego flume that brought water to the city, 1888. Five levels of scaffolding are visible, extending from the right foreground to the left background. Through the structure, mountains and what appears to be water can be seen in the distance. The high trestle was completed in 1888 it as 1700 feet long, and 85 feet high. It was part of the Cuyamaca Water Company. Flume.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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