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Title
Construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1908
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 construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore looking toward the ocean. Various construction supplies litter the immediate vicinity of two small construction sheds are near the land terminus. Three derricks are visible on the breakwater far in the distance. A small group of men are working on the breakwater near the first bend. Scrub grass and coastal rocks are in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15624
USC-1-1-1-14364 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2807
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15624
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2807.jpg
Subject
Breakwaters
Railroad bridges
Engineering
Breakwaters--Design and construction
Harbors
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Engineering--Breakwater
Time Period
circa 1908
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
Source
1-50-15 [Microfiche number]
2807 [Accession number]
CHS-2807 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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