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Title
View of construction site for rebuilding of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928
Contributor
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa May 14, 1928]
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 Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
See also Item Ark: 21198/zz002cw428
A construction site is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective as it sits on the floor of San Francisquito Canyon. In the foreground, a temporary structure covered in corrugated metal sheets stands in the lower right corner. Beyond it, some cleared land sits. At right, electrical poles and lines stand, encircled by fence. To the left, tall, lumber posts rise. Behind the posts, a sawmill rises at center. The canyon wall stretches across the background. The water line of the St. Francis Dam disaster's flood waters is visible stretching across the canyon walls.
Appears merged with another photograph in the photo spread, “Small Army of Men Work Night and Day To Rebuild Power House No. 2,” Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1928: 8
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES WATER & POWER DEPT. PLANT #2
Text from newspaper caption: "Another View of Site. Figures '1' and '2' Indicate Penstocks Which Escaped Flood Uninjured. Arrows Trace High Mark of Flood," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1928: 8
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5985
ark:/21198/zz002cw407
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Construction--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Floods--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Power plants--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Disasters--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Bureau of Power and Light
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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