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Title
Anaheim Municipal Light and Water Works. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1930s (issued)
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description
Accession number: P7228
Municipal Light and Water Works plant in Anaheim, established 1895, relocated from 119 West Cypress Street to this site at 518 South Los Angeles Street (later Anaheim Blvd.) in 1907; image shows exterior of the light plant building with a sign on the front facade reading "ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL / LIGHT / WATER POWER," constructed by C. Schindler & Son, which housed the expanded light plant from 1908 to 1916, at which time the boilers and machines were removed and the city began utilizing power furnished by So. California Edison; also visible at far left is the water tank, which was 100 feet high and held 173,000 gallons of water, and was demolished in 1953.
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print: b&w; 2.75 x 4.5 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0x0nc4f4
Subject
Municipal Light and Water Works--est. 1895--California--Anaheim
Waterworks
Municipal services--California--1900-Present
Electric power-plants
Anaheim (Calif.)--Historic buildings, etc
Time Period
Municipal services -- California -- 1900-Present
Place
Municipal Light and Water Works
est. 1895
California
Anaheim
Municipal services
1900-Present
Anaheim (Calif.)
Historic buildings, etc

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