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Men preparing an excavation blast during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929

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Title: Men preparing an excavation blast during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Los Angeles County, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: June 26, 1929
1929-06-26
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: Men in canyon tunnels preparing to set explosives for blasting excavation during construction of San Gabriel Dam. Reported in "GIGANTIC BLAST AIDS DAM WORK: Ninety Tons of Powder Used at San Gabriel Side of Canyon Seems Molten Before Explosive Engineering Feat Figured to Exact Result," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1929: A10.
Text from negative sleeve: Dam, San Gabriel.
Handwritten on negative: San Gabriel Tunnels
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3700_G1225
ark:/21198/zz0002nzk0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: San Gabriel Dam (Calif.)
Laborers--California--Los Angeles County
Tunneling--California--Los Angeles County
Environment
Dams--California--Los Angeles County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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