Metropolitan Water District workman pours the last batch of concrete for the completion of a water tunnel that would supply Los Angeles with Colorado River water, Pasadena, 1937
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Metropolitan Water District workman pours the last batch of concrete for the completion of a water tunnel. The tunnel was part of a distributing system that brought Colorado River water to Los Angeles and surrounding communities. Text from original nitrate sleeve: L.A. Aqueduct -- Pasadena Tunnel. This tunnel was completed yesterday afternoon. It was started February 21 and is 3-1/3 miles long. Truck dumping last batch of concrete aggregate into mixing machinery used in connection with lining of Pasadena Tunnel on the Metropolitan Aqueduct.
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b&w nitrate negative
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Water supply--California--Pasadena Tunnels--California--Los Angeles Environment Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)--Employees
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