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Dynamite blast in San Gabriel Canyon during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Azusa, 1929-1933

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Title: Dynamite blast in San Gabriel Canyon during construction of the San Gabriel Dam, Azusa, 1929-1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [1929-1933]
1929/1933
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.
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.
Spikes of dust and rock blasted out of the canyon wall by dynamite during the construction of the San Gabriel Dam.
Text from negative sleeve: San Gabriel Dam
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1825
ark:/21198/zz002dcpw3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dam construction--California--Azusa
San Gabriel Dam (Calif.)
San Gabriel Canyon (Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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