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Officials at the inlet-outlet tower at the Bouquet Canyon Reservoir during the dedication ceremony, 1934

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Title: Officials at the inlet-outlet tower at the Bouquet Canyon Reservoir during the dedication ceremony, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: March 28, 1934
1934-03-28
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of the officials and a truck next to the concrete inlet-outlet tower, 130 feet high, at the Bouquet Canyon Reservoir during the dedication ceremony when the water was first released to fill the reservoir. More than 50 persons attended the opening including Mayor Shaw; H. A. Van Norman, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Bureau of Water Works; William Mulholland; Henry L. Jacques, E. F. Scattergood; President Hugh J. McGuire of the Board of Public Works; Lloyd Aldrich, City Engineer; Water Power Commissioner Arthur J. Mullen; T. A. Panter; William W. Hurlbut and Mrs Harriett Sunday of the Civil Service Commission; J. B. Lippincott, consulting engineer; and President William P. Whitsett of the Metropolitan Water District.
Text from newspaper caption: Here's Where Flow Started; View of Control Tower [Los Angeles Times, "Water in New Reservoir," 3/29/1934]
Text from negative sleeve: California, Boquet Canyon Dam
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0346
ark:/21198/zz002d9m2t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Reservoirs--California--Bouquet Canyon
Government
Environment
Bouquet Canyon Reservoir (Calif.)
Events
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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