View of penstocks and generators on original bases during the reconstruction of the Bureau of Power and Light's Power House #2, San Francisquito Canyon, 1928
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. A dirt road stretches along the bottom edge of the image. Behind it, a large pit sinks into the ground at center. Piles of lumber (center) and metal beams (right) sit in front of it. Scaffolding is visible within the pit. To the far left, the power plant's penstocks sit and extend below the ground. To the right of the pit, the 2 generators sit atop their original bases. Beyond the pit, three small buildings stand in a row at the foot of the canyon wall. To the far right, a sawmill stands. 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 wall. See also Item Ark: 21198/zz002cw41r 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 newspaper caption: "Site of Power House No. 2 as it Appears Today, Showing Two Generators on Original Bases. Generator ‘A’ Operated Throughout Deluge," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1928: 8 Handwritten on negative: St Francis Dam Power Plant #2 reconstruction Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES WATER & POWER DEPT. PLANT #2
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5988 ark:/21198/zz002cw43s
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.) Penstocks--California--San Francisquito Canyon Los Angeles (Calif.). Bureau of Power and Light
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