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Title
Sepulveda Tunnel, showing two Ransome--half-yard concrete guns, March 1, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930-03-01
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 Sepulveda Tunnel, showing two Ransome -- half-yard concrete guns, March 1, 1930. The two concrete guns sit side by side at center with their long, metal pipes extending into the foreground. Gauges are attached to their fronts and a single light bulb hangs overhead. They area is contained by a small, wooden structure.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4107
USC-0-1-1-4197 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43982
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4107
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43982.jpg
Subject
Building
Tunnels
Los Angeles--Streets--Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles--Public Works--Construction scenes
Time Period
1930-03-01
Place
California
Los Angeles
Sepulveda Boulevard
USA
Source
43982 [Accession number]
CHS-43982 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 2725 [Identifying number]
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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