Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. From the view of the control house, the arm of a gigantic crane extends vertically through the center of the image. The All American Canal's trench passes beneath it and across the image. Directly beneath the crane, a large sand bucket sits at the bottom of the trench, gathering sand. A wall of sand lines the far side of the trench. Beyond it, the desert floor stretches into the distance. A similar photograph of the construction of the All American Canal appears with the caption: “Like some unbelievable monster of the machine age is this enormous dragline working on the all-American canal eighteen miles from Calexico. This view taken from the top of the control house shows the enormous crane that handles the eight-cubic yard sand bucket. The canal cut is sixty feet deep here. In two months this dragline has moved 344,000 cubic yards of sand,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 1936: 10 Similar photographs appear with the article, "Blazing Skies Defied by Hurrying Crews Digging Big Ditch in Desert," Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar 1936: 10. Text from negative sleeve: 4973 - Shots at the All-American Canal near xxxxxx Calexico, California. (one removed for cleaning) 4/16/36 [stamped:] Apr 23 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14165 ark:/21198/zz002j7q00
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Digging--California--Calexico Hoisting machinery Canal construction--California--Calexico Sand--California--Calexico All American Canal (Calif.)
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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