Most spectacular phase of the flood control project is the new spilling basin at Verdugo Wash, the danger point in the disastrous flood of last spring. Photo shows Capt. Lyle Rosenberg (left), and Lieut. F. E. Ressegieu inspecting the completed basin. Waters from the wash will spill down the concrete and steel stairs (background), and then into the basin in the foreground. A 10-foot concrete wall will cut the water's speed before it goes into the riverbed, lessening the flood hazards. Photo dated: December 2, 1938.
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