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Title
View of excavation on the site for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of excavation on the site for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, [s.d.]. At left, a long line of workers toil in the sand at the foot of a large dune. To the right of them, sand has been sliced into strips in preparation for removal via sluice, while in the background, industrial buildings are visible. The sand was emptied into the ocean. Photoprint reads "Slauson Avenue Storm drain".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4037
USC-0-1-1-4127 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44631
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4037
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44631.jpg
Subject
Building
Sewerage
Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Sewage treatment and disposal
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #3--Unidentified
Waterworks
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-20-37 [Microfiche number]
44631 [Accession number]
CHS-44631 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41824 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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