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Title
Southern California's Natural Gas supply system, ca.1955
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1955
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 Southern California's Natural Gas supply system, ca.1955. A series of tanks sit atop elevated structures with an elaborate pipe maze lining their collective base. Each tank has a nozzle that points upward, and the entire row stands behind a paved road. Behind the row stands a roofed structure topped with ventilation devices. In the right background, several other tanks sit atop an elevated structure. The background is neutral.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12299
USC-2-1-1-12453 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41092
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12299
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41092.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Natural gas
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Gas, Natural
Southern California Gas Company
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1955
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41092 [Accession number]
CHS-41092 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 10; unidentified no: PR-18 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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