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Description
Set of forty-three views of the Laguna Dam (U.S.R.S. Yuma Project) on the Colorado River under construction; includes views of locks, weirs, gates, and sluiceways under construction; towns of Potholes (Calif.), Yuma (Ariz.), and Laguna (Ariz.); first water in sluiceway (December 1908); flood (December 1908); California and Arizona "intakes"; and general views. Some photos have photographer's numbers on front, others numbered on back. View 33 (1999-0257). Yuma Project - Laguna Dam, Cal. & Ariz. 1909, U.S.R.S., no. 75 -- view 34 (1999-0258). Yuma Project - Laguna Dam, Cal. & Ariz. 1909, U.S.R.S., no. 78 -- view 35 (1999-0259). Yuma Project - Laguna Dam, Cal. & Ariz. 1909, U.S.R.S., no. 79 m-- view 36 (1999-0260). Yuma Project - Laguna Dam, Cal. & Ariz. 1909, U.S.R.S. -- view 37 (1999-0261). Yuma -- view 38 (1999-0262). Yuma Project - Laguna - at Potholes, Calif., U.S.R.S. -- view 39 (1999-0263). Yuma Project - Laguna - Ariz. gates & dam, U.S.R.S., no. 105 -- view 40 (1999-0264). Yuma Project - Laguma Ariz. gates & sluceway [sic], U.S.R.S., no. 111 -- view 41 (1999-0265). Yuma Project - Laguna, "Intake" Ariz. sluceway [sic], U.S.R.S., no. 118 -- view 42 (1999-0266). Yuma Project - Laguna, "Intake" Calif. sluceway [sic], U.S.R.S., no. 164 -- view 43 (1999-0267). Yuma Project - Laguna Dam Ariz. Dec. 1909 no. 166, U.S.R.S.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
11 photographic prints ; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001501875CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Dams--California--Imperial County Dam construction--California--Imperial County Weirs--California--Imperial County Water resources development--California--Imperial County Water resources development--Arizona--Yuma County Irrigation--California--Imperial County Water use--California--Imperial County Railroads--California--Imperial County Hoisting machinery Floods--Arizona Laguna Dam (Calif. and Ariz.)--Photographs Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs Imperial County (Calif.)--Photographs Potholes (Calif.)--Photographs Yuma County (Ariz.)--Photographs Yuma (Ariz.)--Photographs Laguna (Ariz.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California Imperial County Arizona Yuma County Laguna Dam (Calif. and Ariz.) Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Imperial County (Calif.) Potholes (Calif.) Yuma County (Ariz.) Yuma (Ariz.) Laguna (Ariz.)
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