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Title
Old diggings at the Neil claim in San Gabriel Canyon, Azusa, 1925-1939
Date Created and/or Issued
[1925-1939]
1925/1939
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
View of the entrance to a mining shaft on the grounds of the Neil claim in San Gabriel Canyon.
The San Gabriel Dam is a rock-fill dam on the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California, within the Angeles National Forest. It was under construction from 1932 to completion in 1939. Mining claims were ultimately purchased in the process of the planning and building of the San Gabriel Dam.
Text from negative sleeve: San Gabriel Dam
Photograph caption: Old diggings, Neil claim
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1816
ark:/21198/zz002dcpkf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
San Gabriel Dam (Calif.)
San Gabriel Canyon (Calif.)
Mining claims--California--Azusa
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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