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Title: Santa Clara City Municipal Gas and Water Works
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905
Publication Information: San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Collection on Santa Clara County's Agricultural Past
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Photograph of the municipal gas and water works in the city of Santa Clara. The tank and building on the left were used for the storage and distribution of gas. In the center of the photograph an 80 foot tower supports four 45,000 gallon steel tanks used to store the town's water supply. The water was supplied by artesian wells and was moved by pumps in the building to the right of the tanks. The storage tanks were toppled and destroyed by the 1906 earthquake.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print; 20 x 25 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt300023sj
CSJ_168
ARB-C135
Language: English
Subject: Municipal Water Supply--California--Santa Clara
Storage Tanks
Gas Companies--California--Santa Clara
Place: Santa Clara (Calif.)

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