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Title
Workers using a ramp to tunnel a section of aqueduct in Soledad Canyon
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 workers using a ramp to tunnel a section of aqueduct in Soledad Canyon, [s.d.]. In the foreground, three men manipulate five work-horses in order to drag equipment towards a ramp behind them. The ramp itself extends up the right edge of the image to a wooden structure on the ridge above. Below, mining carts can be seen in a line.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20512 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37027
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20512
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37027.jpg
Subject
Engineering--Aqueducts #6--Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Water-supply
Aqueducts
Engineers
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37027 [Accession number]
CHS-37027 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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