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Title: Map of the Proposed Sewer System for the City of Los Angeles
Creator: Eaton, Fred, 1856-1934, surveyor
Los Angeles Lithographic Co., engraver
Contributor: Hering, Rudolph, 1847-1923
Date Created and/or Issued: 1887
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
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Description: Hand coloring shows various street materials used in paving 105.99 miles of city streets. Later MS additions show horse car lines and railroads existing up to January 1895. Additions by L. P. "Designed 1887 by: Fred Eaton, City Surveyor, Revised and Endorsed by: Rudolph Hering Consulting Engineer." ; MS note: 384443. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Scale 1" to 1200 ft.. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Explanatory remarks by Fred Eaton, suggesting a cost of $1,000,000 to construct the proposed system. Report of consulting engineer Rudolph Hering dated September 6, 1887 supporting Eaton's work, and suggesting spreading fields as a suitable method. .
Extent: 1 map ; printed col. ; 75 x 60 cm., sheet 85 x 72 cm.
Identifier: 384443
184746
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1574
Language: English
Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Maps
Sewage disposal--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Time Period: 1887
Place: North America
United States
California
Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
W 118°12'/N 34°22'
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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