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Title
First Fitchburg pumping plant [picture]
Creator
Rodolph, Frank B. (Frank Bequette), 1843-1923
Date Created and/or Issued
1894
Publication Information
Oakland Public Library
Contributing Institution
Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center
Collection
Selections from the Collections of the Oakland History Center
Rights Information
Public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Title from the reverse of the item. The photograph depicts the first pumping station at the Fitchburg Well Field in what is now East Oakland, brought on-line in 1893 by the Alameda Water Company, later acquired by the Contra Costa Water Company of Anthony Chabot. The field now serves as the site of the Oakland-Alameda County (McAfee) Coliseum.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5s2025wc
copl_188
Subject
Pumping stations - California - Alameda County - Pictorial works
Artesian wells - California - Alameda County - Pictorial works
Water-supply - California - History - Pictorial works
Groundwater - California - Alameda County - Pictorial works
Alameda Water Company - History - Pictorial works
Contra Costa Water Company - History - Pictorial works
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - History - Pictorial works
Place
East Oakland (Calif.) - History - Pictorial works.
Fitchburg (Calif.) - Pictorial works.

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