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Title: Bluff Cove and the "Douglas Cut" blast, Palos Verdes Estates, California
Contributor: Keystone Photo Service (photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924-10-17
Contributing Institution: Palos Verdes Library District
Collection: Palos Verdes Homes Association Photo Collection
Rights Information: Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Description: Image shows view looking south across Bluff Cove toward Rocky Point, located at far right, following the blast of the "Douglas Cut,"executed on October 17, 1924 in the construction of Granvia La Costa (later known as Palos Verdes Drive West) above Paseo del Mar. Three men observing the results are visible in foreground at left. Photo is impressed with "KEYSTONE PHOTO / LOS ANGELES" in lower right corner.
Photo Source: Palos Verdes Homes Association
Type: Text
Format: 1 photographic print (b/w); 3.5 x 4.5 in.
Identifier: pvld:2743
bar code: 000028779
negative number: 1075
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2w1023m0
Subject: Explosions
Roads--Design and construction
Bluff Cove--Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)
Rocky Point--Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)
Bays--California--Bluff Cove
Coasts--California, Southern

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