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Title
Hansen Dam, aerial
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Aerial view shows the construction of Hansen Dam. The project was built by the Los Angeles District Corps of Engineers between September 1939 and September 1940. The dam is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash and the Little Tujunga Wash, and about four miles southeast of the City of San Fernando. Photo dated: June 29, 1939.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00063979
Valley Times Collection
HCN box 8999.
CARL0000068505
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43469
Subject
Dams--California--San Fernando Valley
Flood control--California--San Fernando Valley
Hansen Dam (Calif.)
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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